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November 11, 2016
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A99ii support?

  • November 11, 2016
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Hi Adobe, Will you be adding support for the a99ii (Sony camera) soon?

I can send you some raw files if you need them.  (Well later today - I'm expecting delivery of my camera this morning)

cheers

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    Correct answer JeffreyOD

    Hi Jeff,

    Do you have any idea if it'll be in the upcoming days or weeks? Capture One is already supporting it since more than a week now... Thanks, Chris


    Well, not days or weeks, but hours.   We pushed 9.8 live this morning, with support for this camera:

    ACR 9.8 now available

    4 replies

    Participant
    June 18, 2017

    So I do not have CC but the 5.7 which has current updates. I just bought an A99ii and shot a wedding with it only to import and receive the Preview unvailable message. Will this update work for me? If not, what to do?

    John Waller
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 18, 2017

    There's no way of importing A99 II Raw files into Lightroom 5. You need Lightroom 6.8 or later.

    Options:

    1. Join the Cloud, install Lightroom CC 2015, update to 2015.10 and import A99 II Raw files, or
    2. Upgrade to Lightroom 6, update to 6.10 then import and edit your Raw files, or
    3. Free option: stay with Lightroom 5, download and install the free Adobe DNG converter, batch convert all Raw files to DNG format then import the DNG files (NOT the Raw files) into Lightroom 5. An extra step for you but no extra cost.
      Digital Negative (DNG), Adobe DNG Converter | Adobe Photoshop CC
      Camera Raw: How to use Adobe DNG Converter - YouTube

    Participant
    June 19, 2017

    Omg! Thanks so much for getting back to me. I wasnt expecting a response so soon!

    Based on feedback from the LR users is CC favorable versus the upgrade to LR 6 or vice versa?

    Participant
    November 28, 2016

    Yes I've done this but on a Mac it's a painful process and only works if done on individual files for some reason. Kind of a Mickey Mouse way to use a $4k camera

    Participating Frequently
    November 29, 2016

    I suppose this is the pain we feel as Early Adopters.  Sony provides IDC for raw conversion and I suppose there is no other software house *required* to provide support at all.

    luckily for us, Adobe are generally quick off the mark to add new cameras and as they stated above, they already have an a99ii to work on.   Fingers crossed it won't be too much longer..

    woohoo111
    Participating Frequently
    December 7, 2016

    Hoping for some RAW support on the A99II guys!  Please let it be coming soon!  Camera is in hand and I really don't want to use another companies software.   Thanks!

    Participant
    November 26, 2016

    How about now? Can't use this camera properly still

    Participating Frequently
    November 28, 2016

    As a stop-gap, a user on dyxum.com showed us how to trick LR into thinking the A99ii is a A7Rii.  with exiftool, type this command:

    exiftool -SonyModelID="ILCE-7RM2" *.arw

    LR still lists the raw files as A99ii but now reads them.  The output from LR with the A99ii raw files looks good but maybe adobe will tweak things a little further with official support....

    ccastleb
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    November 11, 2016

    Hi Mike,

    We are working on support and hope to make it available soon. Thanks for the offer on the files. We have a unit here.

    Regards,

    - Chris

    Participant
    November 21, 2016

    I'm waiting too ))) Thank you people You are awesome