Supported RAW Format .arw (Sony a6000 not displayed correctly)

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Supported RAW Format .arw (Sony a6000 not displayed correctly)

Hi Community,

although listed as a supported RAW format and camera here: OS X Yosemite: Unterstützte RAW-Formate von Digitalkameras - Apple Support (SONY ILCE-6000) for Yosemite the new Photo App does not display the .arw RAW files correctly. They import just fine but into the photos app but then show up as weird lines and artifacts. Any idea if Photos app is requiring a separate RAW support or does it work on the basis of the OS wide RAW support.

Any other idea for troubleshooting this one?

See screenshot below

Thanks for your help

Lukas

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Apr 14, 2015 1:50 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 14, 2015 2:14 PM in response to Saqn

I just tried importing a RAW image from my A6000 and it imported and displays just fine. How did you import the files? I always import using Image Capture and save to disk. Then, I import from disk to Photo. If you import to disk first, you should be able to use Preview to check the raw images - they should show correctly. If you import to disk and they show correctly in Preview, then OS X is reading and converting the files correctly.

David

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Saqn Author

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Apr 15, 2015 1:13 PM in response to DRedfearn

Thanks a lot David. That does work indeed. It seem to have been the direct import from the SD card into Photos that cause the issue.

Lukas

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