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Strodav Loc: Houston, Tx

burkphoto wrote:

Use the software that came with your camera. If you didn’t get a disc, you probably got a link to the company’s website where you can download the application.

Otherwise, you’ll need post-processing software from a third party. Prices range from free to very expensive. You can buy a license for one version from some vendors, who may charge a fee for any future upgrades. Or, you can subscribe to a plan, and always be up to date.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

Chromodynamics6 wrote:

What program on your Windows 10 computer are you using to open RAW files? I would be grateful if you could let me know.

Thanks.

It depends on what you mean by "open." If you mean to view them, I use the photo viewer built into the Windows program. If you mean open to develop, I use Lightroom. But I also have the Canon developing program that came with my camera(s). It works!

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

davidp wrote:

As of now I don't have any program

Check your camera documentation. There is most likely a link to some sort of software for Sony cameras, even if it comes from a third party vendor. They may offer a version of SilkyPix, which, if you can get past all the badly translated documentation, is a GREAT program. It came with my Lumix GH4, and I use it occasionally for effects I can't get with the Adobe CC Photography Plan apps (Photoshop and Lightroom Classic).

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

AzPicLady wrote:

It depends on what you mean by "open." If you mean to view them, I use the photo viewer built into the Windows program. If you mean open to develop, I use Lightroom. But I also have the Canon developing program that came with my camera(s). It works!

Canon Digital Photo Professional should be on every Canon user's computer. It's great stuff. Even if you have something more sophisticated, DPP is great for processing "problem" files.

No one knows your camera's color better than the manufacturer. Everyone else has to reverse engineer it to process it.

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

burkphoto wrote:

Use the software that came with your camera. If you didn’t get a disc, you probably got a link to the company’s website where you can download the application.

Otherwise, you’ll need post-processing software from a third party. Prices range from free to very expensive. You can buy a license for one version from some vendors, who may charge a fee for any future upgrades. Or, you can subscribe to a plan, and always be up to date.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

burkphoto wrote:

Use the software that came with your camera. If you didn’t get a disc, you probably got a link to the company’s website where you can download the application.

Otherwise, you’ll need post-processing software from a third party. Prices range from free to very expensive. You can buy a license for one version from some vendors, who may charge a fee for any future upgrades. Or, you can subscribe to a plan, and always be up to date.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I tried a google search to see what Sony provides. I came up with nothing.

My suggestion is that having a new, so capable, camera is a good time to start the Adobe photographers subscription plan. Lightroom Classic or "cloudy" is a favorite for millions of photographers.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

bsprague wrote:

I tried a google search to see what Sony provides. I came up with nothing.

My suggestion is that having a new, so capable, camera is a good time to start the Adobe photographers subscription plan. Lightroom Classic or "cloudy" is a favorite for millions of photographers.

Funny, my google-foo produced a Sony page specifically for that model:
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/e-mount-body-ilce-7-series/ilce-7m3/downloads

This saves them a couple bucks and lets them decide if post processing is for them, and if they want to dive into the troves of Adobe-land.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

johngault007 wrote:

Funny, my google-foo produced a Sony page specifically for that model:
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/e-mount-body-ilce-7-series/ilce-7m3/downloads

This saves them a couple bucks and lets them decide if post processing is for them, and if they want to dive into the troves of Adobe-land.

Perfect! Don't know why I didn't get there. One thing cool is that Sony provides a driver so RAWs are viewable in Windows Explorer. PlayMemories worked well for a Sony RX100 I once had. It is good software with some interesting and unusual features! As I recall, it can link to Sony TVs for image displays.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

bsprague wrote:

Perfect! Don't know why I didn't get there.

Yeah, I'm not familiar with Sony model numbers, it took me a second to figure out the ILCE-MXXX stuff.

lesdmd Loc: Middleton Wi via N.Y.C. & Cleveland

Do you have a basic knowledge of what to do with the RAW file once you find a way to open it? I sense that you have the cart before the horse. All suggestions (above) on what products to use to process RAW are good. Knowing what you want to accomplish and how familiar you are with how to get there will immeasurably help with what you need.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

lesdmd wrote:

Do you have a basic knowledge of what to do with the RAW file once you find a way to open it? I sense that you have the cart before the horse. All suggestions (above) on what products to use to process RAW are good. Knowing what you want to accomplish and how familiar you are with how to get there will immeasurably help with what you need.

Knowing the color wheel of light helps a lot. Understanding hue, tint, saturation, lightness, contrast, exposure, black and white levels, shadows and highlights, and other common software controls helps, too.

How do you learn to use those? Fool around with them! You cannot change the original raw file. You can make infinite conversions from it, so experiment! Play. Just be sure to calibrate and profile that monitor first.

NormanTheGr8 Loc: Racine, Wisconsin

johngault007 wrote:

Funny, my google-foo produced a Sony page specifically for that model:
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/e-mount-body-ilce-7-series/ilce-7m3/downloads

This saves them a couple bucks and lets them decide if post processing is for them, and if they want to dive into the troves of Adobe-land.

The program you want is "Play Memories " for the a7III

TrailRunner13

I have a Sony a7iii that I purchased this year. Sony Viewer, Remote and Edit come with it. I already subscribed to Lightroom and Photoshop and still use them after a first pass through Viewer. They come together as Imaging Edge. Download from

support.d-imaging.sony.co.jp/app/imagingedge/en

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

lesdmd wrote:

Do you have a basic knowledge of what to do with the RAW file once you find a way to open it? I sense that you have the cart before the horse. All suggestions (above) on what products to use to process RAW are good. Knowing what you want to accomplish and how familiar you are with how to get there will immeasurably help with what you need.