Support for Sony RX100 .ARW files

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July 15, 2012
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I've just purchased a Sony RX100 camera. It captures RAW files in a format that ends in .ARW. Neither Lightroon nor Photoshop recognize that format. Is there any way short of converting .ARW to JPG that I can overcome this?

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Correct answer Brett N

Convert to DNG only operates on raw files and if the raw files are not supported by LR then it cannot convert them to DNGs, either.

There are other ways to make a copy of your photos while waiting for LR to support the RX100 raw format.

Support for the Sony RX100 was added in Lightroom 4.2 or Camera Raw 7.2.

See: Will Lightroom work with my camera?

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rfreund719@hotmail.com

Participant

Ok - I was able to get the Photoshop and all the CS products to see and edit the ARW raw files , however Lightroom 4.4 still does not pick the up nor does Media encoder CS6 as of 9/5/14. If I am wrong about this I would sure like to know the answer.

ssprengel

Inspiring

You are replying to a thread that is 2 years old. What exact RX100 model do you have? While the oldest RX100 requires LR 4.2, the newer Mark II and III require a version of LR 5.x, which is up to LR 5.6 by now. Here is the list of what works with what:

http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html

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DerekWRBC

Participating Frequently

I have the same problem. I started taking RAW+JPG with the RX100 thinking that LR4 would read the jpgs, but it wouldn't. I had to separate the jpgs into a new folder to get LR4 to read them. And my computer (Windows 7) shows the format of the RAW files as "Free Opener" files. I see that Free Opener is a program that reads all manner of files but I haven't installed it on my computer so I wondered why the .ARW files are listed as Free Opener. I hope it isn't corrupting them in any way (Anyone know?). My idea now is to take RAW+JPG, separate the two formats and just add to catalog the jpgs. Then, when the raw converter for these is released I will go back and import the RAW files. It is a pain being an early adopter sometimes!

ssprengel

Inspiring

Do you have LR set to treat RAWs and JPGs as separate files? The default is to hide the JPG, and perhaps this even happens when the RAW companion file isn’t from a supported camera, yet.

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DerekWRBC

Participating Frequently

I didn't have raw and jpgs set to be treated separately, but I have now tried it (with raw and jpegs treated as separate file checked in preferences). Now if you do an add to catalog, the jpgs are imported and you get blank 'no preview available" for the raws; if you do a convert to DNG and add it doesn't import anything. So to create a new set on a different drive, (which is what I am doing for backup reasons) I will still have to separate the two file types.