For a complete overview of camera support in Photoshop and Lightroom, visit the following article:Why doesn't my version of Photoshop or Lightroom support my camera? Make sure your version of Photoshop or Lightroom is updated for the latest camera support. If you own an older version of Photoshop or Lightroom, Adobe provides backward compatibility for the latest cameras through the FREE Adobe DNG Converter. Note: ETAs for specific cameras are not available.

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P: New Camera Raw File Support - Requests & Information

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For a complete overview of camera support in Photoshop and Lightroom, visit the following article:

Why doesn't my version of Photoshop or Lightroom support my camera?

Make sure your version of Photoshop or Lightroom is updated for the latest camera support.
If you own an older version of Photoshop or Lightroom, Adobe provides backward compatibility for the latest cameras through the FREE Adobe DNG Converter.

Note: ETAs for specific cameras are not available.

Paul-Moat-Hill-Photo

Participating Frequently

Just noticed a 18.2.1 release right now! Fingers crossed its for the A7V rawHQ files. Anyone know?

annedgeyter

Participant

I updated the release and it seems working :)

my raw feels are uploading and I can develop them now in LR with my presets !

Paul-Moat-Hill-Photo

Participating Frequently

Nope not working for me with the A7V Compressed HQ files :-(….

achille17

Participating Frequently

Hello everyone,
New Sony A7v: I can't import images taken in Raw Compressed Raw and HQ Compressed Raw, which are not recognized by Camera Raw 18.2, LrC, or Ps2026.

Has anyone else noticed the same thing?
(Additional question: I thought, perhaps incorrectly, that Raw Compressed HQ was lossless... is that right?)
Thanks!

achille17

Participating Frequently

UPDATE March 6, 2026: In collaboration with Sony, Lightroom is targeting support for the new Compressed (HQ) and Compressed RAW formats introduced with the Sony A7V in the April Lightroom release.

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/Lightroom/comments/1rdk0er/sony_a7v_users_heres_an_update/

good luck, good wait...

Amanda34517675l8eh

Participant

I am unable to open ARW files from Sony A7 V (ILCE-7M5) in Photoshop or Lightroom Classic.

System:

Camera: Sony A7 V (ILCE-7M5)
Firmware: 1.00
File format: ARW (Compressed and Lossless tested)
Camera Raw version: 18.2 (2482)
Photoshop: 26.11.2 (arm64)
Lightroom Classic: 15.2
macOS: 26.2.0
Hardware: Apple M4 (ARM)

Problem:
Opening ARW files results in:
“Could not open [filename].ARW because the file-format module cannot parse the file.”

The same files:

Open correctly in Sony Imaging Edge Desktop
Show embedded preview in macOS Finder
Are ~24–25 MB in size
Are not corrupted (verified on camera playback at 100%)

DNG Converter also fails with:
“There was an error parsing the file.”

Camera is officially listed as supported from Camera Raw 18.1.1.

This appears to be a RAW header parsing failure specific to ILCE-7M5 on Apple M4 / ARM build.

Please advise if this is a known issue.

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Author

Sony A7V shooters, this is the current official statement,.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Lightroom/comments/1rdk0er/sony_a7v_users_heres_an_update/

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

achille17

Participating Frequently

Same problem for me, not possible to open sony A7v raw files…
Any update ? Help !

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

My bad, sorry. I’m not a Sony user (not an Adobe employee) so not aware of the ‘compressed file’ problem, and the Supported Camera link does not specify that file compression might be limited to HQ compression.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

theslickstudios.com

Participant

Have it all updated Lightroom still can’t support the RAW Compressed files only the new “uncompressed” version

theslickstudios.com

Participant

@Rob_Cullen all good only Lossless compression is currently supported by Lightroom but they’ve historically never had issues with RAW compressed on any other Sony ecosystem (coming from A7R3 & A7S3) this is the first ecosystem Adobe is taking forever to accommodate users

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

What software are you using?

The A7V is supported in v9.1 of Lightroom-Desktop, v15.1 of Lightroom-Classic, and v18.1.1 Adobe Camera Raw.

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .

theslickstudios.com

Participant

Please update your software to support Sony A7V I am embarrassed to use an editing software tool that isn’t updated almost a month later from when a new camera releases. Adobe is supposed to be the leader in photo editing software and there are other smaller companies that are better than you right now

MattH2020

Participant

The Sony A7V was released in December 2, 2025 and Adobe still doesn't support RAW files in Lightroom!

pierrep69

Participant

I know you guys work hard, but come on, 3 months after release, still no full support of the A7V. It’s not like we don’t pay every month. This new Lightroom release is really a bummer. I do not know who’s to blame the most, Adobe or Sony here, but both of you are getting a bad rep. Are we going to have to wait for another 3 months? I love Lightroom, I’ve used it for 10 years now, but I sure am not going to wait for 3 months.

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