Sony Raw Files Not Working? Here Is The Work Around....

In this quick video I will show you how to convert Sony Raw Files that won't import to Lightroom or whatever program you are using into a file that will work until the program you are using updates to support the raw files. Basically you convert the raw files to Jpegs or Tiff's using Sony's Imaging Software as a work around...

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[TylerCave]

why would someone want to convert raw images to jpeg before even editing them. Gotta be a better way

[Rosiesdessertspot]

*sigh of relief* thank god for your video! I have a wedding to shoot in a couple of days, got my A7IV yesterday and this exact problem happened when I tried to import some fun tester shots. i died a little inside when this error message came up. Thought I would have to use my old camera to shoot the wedding. Thank you so much for the well explained video and the save!

[yusf-bu]

Its 2019, I bought a new A6400, and this video still Helped me. Thanks bro

[NinjaNikki]

I recently got a Sony a6500 and my Lightroom wouldn't open the raw files, this video fixed that for me. Thank you very much for doing this video.

[DSedits]

thanks man, my lightroom couldn´t read the raws files of the sony a7r iv, and this video saved my life!

[zleepyjan]

I been looking nothing works and this one did! Thank you so much, this helps a lot!

[AnthonyTSolano]

Love you Long time Jay! This is a MAJOR move for this a7rii owner over here. I ended up just using Sony image, which I already had on my Mac Pro, to resize and skipped Lightroom entirely. But this was a major key alert fam, appreciate u from this side ya heard!

[BuhaynaSalitaTV]

Thanks for this video. I just shifted into Sony A6000 this month.

Thanks, you can batch export tiff's straight to a folder then open in lightroom.

[pastorjim]

Thanks Jay. Just got my A7iii and I was wondering why i couldn't view my raw files. Ready to call Sony Support. This explains it . Thanks.

[gokayerenn]

just bough a7r iv and u saved me! thanks a lot !!!

[prabhajee]

Are you insane? Why would you even shoot in RAW if you have to convert them to jpeg before editing them

[fionasunnyday]

OMG!! It's working!!! Thank you so much for this vedio. The RAW file really bordered me for a while!

[grayfox]

Thank you, your video was really helpful.

[tony_r_pierce]

When I got my A7RIII it was not yet recognized by LR. The way I made LR import the Sony ARW files (without any conversion) was to use a tool called exiftool, which can be downloaded and installed on Mac. Then, you can run the tool against the photos in a folder on your Mac, substituting a "known" camera for the new one. In my case, I changed the exif data to use Sony model ILCE-7RM2, which was the A7RII that LR knew about. This was temporary until LR was updated. Here's the string I used with the exiftool: "exiftool -sonymodelid="ILCE-7RM2" -ext ARW -r".

[pramod]

Thank you so much sir..this video was very helful

[Adelhaimi]

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[raystonestudio]

Canon user…Just got the Sony a7iv
I miss canon and will return this camera-this is non sense of conversion files
I want to plug it in and go!

[StrongManMattt]

Hi thanks for this, so is there any point in shooting raw if you are just gonna convert it to jpeg or should you just shoot in jpeg format?

[rhonalawrence]

I have uploaded the photos from my Sony ZV-E10 to my external drive on my Macbook Pro and the thumbnail display only shows “ARW” and not the photo. I can edit in Photoshop but only then do I get to see which picture I am editing. How do I get to see the photo prior to editing?