Sony Alpha NEX Cameras and E Mount Lenses

As of now Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw does not officially support the new Sony a7r III raw files. Here is a workaround / hack to let us work with the new files before Adobe updates their software. We will need to change the exif information using exiftool, which can be downloaded here - https://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ Here is the key information Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw looks for in the exif info.  View the exif on your a7r iii raw file and you will see this. White Balance Fine Tune : 0 White Balance : Auto Sony Model ID : ILCE-7RM3  Multi Frame Noise Reduction : Off Picture Effect : Off We need to change that with exiftool to make Adobe think it's an a7r ii raw file. Here's the exiftool command. For single files exiftool -sonymodelid="ILCE-7RM2" RAW FILE For all the files in the directory exiftool -sonymodelid="ILCE-7RM2" -ext ARW -r DIRECTORY ...

DxO and Practical Photography teamed up to give us free copies of DxO Optics Pro 11 Essential Edition. They request an email address where the download link, Windows and Mac, will be sent along with the activation code. Head over to http://dxo.com/us/practicalphotography to download your free copy of this excellent raw developer. It works great with Sony files.

Macintosh owners can now open and play with Sony NEX-7 and NEX-VG20 RAW files thanks to Digital Camera Raw update 3.10. Version: 3.10 Post Date: March 14, 2012 Download ID: DL1510 File Size: 7.50 MB System Requirements Mac OS X 10.6.8 OS X Lion 10.7.1 or later Supported Languages Deutsch, English, Français, 日本語, Español, Italiano, Nederlands Click on the image above to download Camera Raw Update 3.10. Thanks Apple!

NEX-5N RAW Files Now Compatible with iPhoto '11 and Aperture 3 Apple's iPhoto 'll and Aperture 3 Photo Suites now recognizes Sony Alpha NEX-5N, SLT-A65, and SLT-A77 RAW files. You will need OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard or 10.7.2 Lion in order to apple the update. Check it out at apple.com .

Adobe has Adobe Camera Raw 6.5 available for download. The Sony NEX-5N and NEX-C3 Raw files are now supported by ACR 6.5, which means the files can be manipulated in Photoshop CS5. Camera Raw 6.5 update This new version of the Camera Raw plug-in replaces the original Camera Raw plug-in that was installed with Adobe® Creative Suite® 5 or Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 software. You can download ACR 6.5 RC from Adobe for Windows or Macintosh operating systems.

Adobe has released the Adobe® Photoshop® Camera Raw 6.2 plug-in and Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3.2 updates which support the Sony NEX-5 and NEX-3 RAW files. We can now edit RAW files taken with the NEX in Windows machines with either Photoshop CS5 or Lightroom 3 . Camera Raw 6.2 and Lightroom 3.2 also adds Lens Profile Support for the Sony E 18-55mm OSS Lens which corrects distortion, chromatic aberration, and vignetting. Apple released Sony NEX RAW support about a week ago. •Newly supported camera models include: Casio EXILIM EX-FH100 (DNG*) Leica S2 (DNG*) Panasonic DMC-FZ100 Panasonic DMC-FZ40 (FZ45) Panasonic DMC-LX5 Pentax 645D Samsung NX10 Samsung TL500 (EX1) Sony A290 Sony A390 Sony Alpha NEX-3 Sony Alpha NEX-5 You can read more about the updates here, Lightroom Journal . Download Lightroom 3.2 Release Candidate with NEX RAW support for Macintosh and Windows . Download Camera Raw 6.2 plug-in with NEX RAW support for Macintosh and Windows .

Apple updated their Camera Raw Compatibility to v3.3. This adds support for Sony NEX-3 and NEX-5 RAW files. You can now use Aperture and iPhoto to open and edit Sony NEX RAW files. Summary Learn which digital camera RAW files are supported by Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or later. Many digital cameras offer options to save pictures in digital camera RAW format. Digital camera RAW formats retain more image information than JPEGs and can produce better results when used with imaging applications such as Aperture and iPhoto. Mac OS X Leopard provides system-level support for digital camera RAW formats from the following cameras: Products Affected Mac OS X 10.5, Aperture, iPhoto Supported by Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.3 Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Olympus E-PL1 Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10 Samsung NX10 Sony Alpha DSLR-A390 Sony Alpha NEX-3 Sony Alpha NEX-5 Let's go Adobe! Time to update Adobe ACR. Thanks Apple !

Paul G took the time and effort and created an Adobe Lens Profile for the Sony NEX-3 and the 18-55 OSS lens using the Adobe Lens Profile Creator. Lens Profile Creator characterizes three common types of lens aberrations, namely the geometric distortion, the lateral chromatic aberration and the vignette. Download Paul G's Sony NEX-3 + 18-55 OSS lens profile: http://paul300.com/nex/NEX-5.lcp . Alternate download link . Since Adobe does not support RAW files from Sony NEX cameras, you can only use the Lens Profile with JPGs to correct geometric distortion, lateral chromatic aberration and vignetting. For now you will have to import the jpgs in Lightroom and you can apply the lens correction. I think adobe will very soon include raw support for the nex though. Click here to learn more about the Adobe Lens Profile Creator and how to use lens profiles. Thanks Paul G ! Hopefully Adobe ACR will support Sony NEX RAW files soon and a Lens Profile for the 16mm pancake will be available as we...