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wopmusic

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Q: When I download RAW photos from my Sony RX10 camera they list as JPEG in Photos. Why?

When I download RAW photos from my Sony RX10 camera they list as JPEG in photos. Anybody know why. Using El Capitain. Thanks.

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jul 18, 2016 11:58 AM

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Q: When I download RAW photos from my Sony RX10 camera they list as JPEG in Photos. Why?

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by Pierre L.,Helpful

Pierre L. Jul 18, 2016 2:20 PM in response to wopmusic
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Jul 18, 2016 2:20 PM in response to wopmusic

You might want to have a look at this article:
How Photos and iCloud Photo Library handle RAW images - Apple Support
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by wopmusic,

wopmusic Jul 18, 2016 2:29 PM in response to Pierre L.
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Jul 18, 2016 2:29 PM in response to Pierre L.

Thanks. I have read this. It mentions iCloud, which I don't use and iPad, again which I don't use. But it really doesn't mention how to get RAW images downloaded straight from the camera into Photo. When I download RAW they appear as JPEG in Photo. Must be some simple setting for this(?) I have checked and my camera is supported for RAW.
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by Pierre L.,

Pierre L. Jul 18, 2016 2:42 PM in response to wopmusic
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Jul 18, 2016 2:42 PM in response to wopmusic

Then maybe this thread.
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by VikingOSX,

VikingOSX Jul 18, 2016 3:00 PM in response to wopmusic
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Jul 18, 2016 3:00 PM in response to wopmusic

Any food in this dpreview forum post?
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by LarryHN,

LarryHN Jul 18, 2016 9:57 PM in response to wopmusic
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Jul 18, 2016 9:57 PM in response to wopmusic

Are you shooting RAW or RAW + JPEG?

exactly where are you seeing this JPEG indication?

LN
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by wopmusic,

wopmusic Jul 19, 2016 6:21 AM in response to LarryHN
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Jul 19, 2016 6:21 AM in response to LarryHN

I have tried both ways, RAW + JPEG and RAW. I see the JPEG designation on Photos and on the Affinity photo software I bought from the Apple store. It's like Photos is converting the images to JPEG when I import them! Thanks!
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by LarryHN,

LarryHN Jul 19, 2016 5:16 PM in response to wopmusic
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Jul 19, 2016 5:16 PM in response to wopmusic

If you shoot RAW then in Photos you have a RAW original which is used as the base for all edits in Photos - for extentions a JPEG is generated for the extention wot work with in most (maybe all) cases

LN
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