I recently noticed that the newest edition of Sonoma appears to support RAW format photos from my Sony ILCE-6700 (also known as the a6700). However, I recently imported files from my SD card into the Photos app on my Apple M1 Pro MacBook and the photos app failed to show me any of the images. It merely imported the files and showed me a blank screen when attempting to open the photos. Help?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.6
When I look at System Information (under option-apple in the menu) for Raw Support, I don't see Sony ILCE-6700 listed there:
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I'm using macOS 14.6.1
For my Nikon Z 8 RAW files, I've been using either Lightroom Classic (monthly fee) or Nikon's own software (free!) to handle the RAW files. I import all my pictures to Photos as jpegs first, and I go through those to find the ones I want to keep. Then there are a few of those that I think RAW developing will really help. That's when I use the the special software to generate the best jpegs I can with them. I import those into Photos and tweak a bit there. I can't see that Photos offers much advantage for importing RAW files directly to it.
When I look at System Information (under option-apple in the menu) for Raw Support, I don't see Sony ILCE-6700 listed there:
:
I'm using macOS 14.6.1
For my Nikon Z 8 RAW files, I've been using either Lightroom Classic (monthly fee) or Nikon's own software (free!) to handle the RAW files. I import all my pictures to Photos as jpegs first, and I go through those to find the ones I want to keep. Then there are a few of those that I think RAW developing will really help. That's when I use the the special software to generate the best jpegs I can with them. I import those into Photos and tweak a bit there. I can't see that Photos offers much advantage for importing RAW files directly to it.
It is listed:
Are you using some flavor of raw (compressed?) that it does not support?
Put a few of them into Photos. Sometimes support gets added as needed.
Weird-- I was counting on the System Info. I wonder what it's good for, then.
But then, I had noticed before that my Nikon Z 8 gets an asterisk, but it's not there on the System Info.
Maybe RAW for a6700 is different from RAW for 6700? A different "flavor" as Keith Barkley suggests....
I am too lazy to find the link from a previous discussion, but it really appears that the system does not contain raw support for all cameras. It appears to automagically add it as necessary under mysterious circumstances.
Sonoma 14.6.1 not opening RAW files from Sony ILCE-6700
