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popejo
popejo
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March 3, 2026
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Issue with Sony A7V Beta Profile Sync between Lightroom Desktop and iPad

  • March 3, 2026
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After recent updates I’ve encountered some unexpected behavior regarding the Sony A7V Beta Profiles in my cross-platform workflow between Lightroom Desktop (Mac OS) and Lightroom on iPad Pro.

I have been enjoying the Beta Profile support for the Sony A7V so far, but I’ve noticed some challenges with the most recent updates that I’m hoping you can help me resolve.

The Situation:

Currently, the synchronization between devices seems to be struggling with the Beta Profile metadata:

  1. Profile Reversion: When I open a Sony A7V file on my iPad, the app doesn't seem to recognize the Beta Profile applied on Desktop and defaults to Adobe Standard.

  2. Metadata Sync: Once the file syncs back from the iPad to the Mac, I often see a "Profile Missing" error on the Desktop version, which suggests the sync process might be losing the profile reference.

  3. Attempted Workaround: I tried to create a User Preset (containing only the Profile data) on my Mac to help the iPad recognize it. While the iPad applies the profile for a moment, it unfortunately reverts back to Adobe Standard as soon as I move to the next image.

My Questions:

I would greatly appreciate it if you could look into why the iPad app is currently having trouble retaining this specific Beta Profile metadata. It worked quite well in previous versions, so I’m wondering if something changed in the way profiles are handled between MacOS and iPadOS.

My System Details:

  • Camera: Sony A7V

  • Desktop: Mac OS (Creative Cloud says it’s 9.2, but Desktop about says it’s 9.1)

  • Mobile: iPad Pro M4 (11.2.1)

    3 replies

    johnrellis
    johnrellis
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    March 3, 2026

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    Camera Raw 18.2 (and the various LR versions incorporating 18.2, such as LR Classic 15.2) fully supports Sony A7 V raws recorded in Lossless Compressed format:

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

     

    I tested Sony A7 V raws with LR Classic imported into 15.1 and and upgraded to 15.2 and observed proper behavior. Hopefully, the LR Ecosystem forum will help with your issue.

     

    The Beta Profile is no longer available for selection in the profile browser.

     

    In LR Classic at least, the Beta profile appears under the Legacy group:

     

    Details:

     

    After importing the raws into LRC 15.1, they were assigned the Beta profile (since Adobe Standard and profiles based on Adobe Standard weren’t implemented in 15.1). I edited one raw and left the other one unedited.

     

    Then I started LRC 15.2, and both raws still showed the Beta profile, as expected.  The profile stayed at Beta as I edited them.

     

    When I clicked Reset on both photos, their profile changed to Adobe Color, as expected. Newly imported Sony A7 V raws came in with the Adobe Color profile, as expected.

     

     

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
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      March 3, 2026

      Moderators, ​@Rikk Flohr_Photography, please move into the Lightroom Ecosystem forum:

      https://community.adobe.com/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-677

       

      (​@popejo, you’ve posted in the LR Classic forum.)

      popejo
      popejoAuthor
      Participant
      March 3, 2026

      I started looking into those mismatching Desktop version numbers and discovered that part of my initial confusion (=user error) was caused by a local app shortcut; I was inadvertently launching an older version (v9.1 from the Mac App Store) instead of v9.2. I have now corrected this and I’m running version 9.2 consistently across both my Mac and iPad Pro.

      However, after ensuring both devices are on v9.2, the Sony A7V Beta Profile has disappeared.

      Images previously edited with the Beta Profile now revert to Adobe Standard on both Desktop and iPad. The Beta Profile is no longer available for selection in the profile browser.

      As a user, it is very difficult to track the current support status of a new camera like the Sony A7V. When a Beta profile is removed without a native replacement being immediately available, it breaks the visual consistency of existing edits. How is a user supposed to know the status of camera support when a previously functional (Beta) profile is removed? This is a bit confusing. :)

      Or is uncompressed Sony A7V RAW already natively supported in v9.2? It behaves as if it might be. Could you please clarify if this is the case?

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