The two shots below show a slightly better colour accuracy on the green foliage with the uncompressed version. Update: the following day I had a few minutes of sun breaking through the clouds. I then took some pictures of Heather indoors with mixed light and I came to the same conclusion. I took a few pictures outdoors just to see if I would notice a difference in scenes that lack detail like the cloudy sky but there weren’t any to speak of. Unfortunately, the light has been very flat these days due to heavy cloud, so I couldn’t really push the dynamic range. I also noticed that when playing back the images on the camera, it takes more time to magnify the uncompressed version (unless you are shooting Raw+JPG). The speed then decreases to more than 2s for 1 shot. With uncompressed Raw, the buffer capabilities at 5fps last for 14 shots (2.5s).After 5s it slows down considerably to around 1fps. 23 shots at 5fps with the compressed Raw. In continuous shooting mode, on the same SD card, the buffer lasts for approx.My Lexar 64GB 400x SD card can record approximately 1459 compressed Raw and 741 uncompressed Raw files.The uncompressed version is double the size at around 86MB.A compressed Raw file from the A7r II is around 43MB.
Rawdigger average software#
Note that this firmware also adds support for video output via HDMI when using the Remote Camera Control software (it works for stills).īefore showing you some comparison shots, let’s share some numbers: The camera will display a slightly different Raw symbol on-screen depending on the compression chosen (White characters for compressed, black characters on a white background for uncompressed). In the Camera Menu section (first page) you can find the Raw compression option. Everything went smoothly and all my customised settings remained intact. I updated my A7r II from the Sony European website from version 1.10. Complete Image Quality test and final conclusion.Complete Autofocus Test (FE, A, EF lenses).Bird Photography ( with the Sigma 150-600mm EF mount).Lantern Parade (Low-light image gallery).I took the release of this new firmware as an opportunity to see if there were any artefacts or relevant differences between the compressed and uncompressed versions. However I will always support a solution that gives more choice to the customer and satisfies the most demanding of users.
There have been reports and discussions about artefacts you can get with these files but I have been testing A7 cameras since they were first released in late 2013 and in the real-world I have never found this to be a real issue.
Rawdigger average update#
The update (hopefully) brings to an end the long debate about the Sony A7 series having only a lossy compressed Raw file. It allows users to select the uncompressed Raw format, an option already available on the A7s II and RX1r II. Today Sony released firmware update 2.0 for the Sony A7r mark II.
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