What cameras are supported for Raw?

[B444]

This is my first time on any forum.  I have a Mac and a nikon D850.  Does Affinity support this in Raw and if so does this work well?  Is there a listing of supported cameras?  What is the best tool to manage workflow?  Thank you very much.

 

Ps.  For future reference, what is the best way to search the site so I don’t ask redundant questions?

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[MEB]

Hi B444,
Welcome to Affinity Forums
Affinity Photo 1.6x doesn't officially support the Nikon 850 when using our RAW engine (Serif Labs) but you can switch to Apple (Core Image RAW) which does support it if you are running macOS High Sierra or above. Affinity Photo 1.7 Beta does support it using both Serif Labs and Apple (Core Image RAW) engines.

Here's the link to the official lists:

• Supported Raw Cameras (1.6.x)
• SerifLabs Supported Raw Cameras (1.7.x) & Lens Correction list

In case you are interested you can download Affinity Photo Beta from there links:

• Affinity Photo Customer Beta (1.7.0.106) for Mac
• Affinity Photo Windows Customer Beta - 1.7.0.209 for Windows

Note: to switch between RAW engines, open a RAW image, go to menu View ▸ Assistant Manager... and use the first dropdown to change them. You will need to reload the RAW file again to use the newly selected engine.

[B444]

MEB,

Thank you.  If I purchase current version will it update to 1.7 when released?  Lightroom perpetual 6.0 doesn’t support so trying to determine best alternative.  Affinity doesn’t have Lightroom workflow does it?  If I purchase can I use LR for Cate loving and AF for editing or is there a better way?  Thank you again.

b

[MEB]

Hi B444
Yes, all minor updates are free until version 2.0 which is a paid upgrade (we are still far away from reaching v2 though). Regarding your second question: no, Affinity is strictly a RAW developer/converter and photo editor. It doesn't possess any DAM (digital assets management) capabilities as Lightroom so no, you will not be able to manage libraries, apply adjustments to several photos from the same photoshoot at once or even save them as independent .xmp sidecar files (just to mention a few cases) with it. You can however set up Lightroom to use Affinity Photo as an external editor/app.

[B444]

Thank you.  I appreciate your support.

b

[John Rostron]

1 hour ago, B444 said:

Ps.  For future reference, what is the best way to search the site so I don’t ask redundant questions?

 Use the search box at the top right of the forum screen. In your case I would enter "Raw Camera Support" then click on the magnifying glass. By default, the search engine looks for any of the words entered. In the search results, you are asked if you wanted the exact phrase or all the words. In this case try the exact phrase first, then all the words.

John

[Pšenda]

Or try Google search: "Raw Camera Support site:forum.affinity.serif.com".

Search relevance is significantly higher. For example, link to official list of cameras is at the forefront.

[m.n]

Hi, I am using affinity photo 1.8.3 on iPad 10.5 and I bought a new Olympus EM1 MARK III. When I try to add a raw image, ı got an error. (the file type is not supported) how can I fix this problem and I can edit my raw images. Other models don't have this problem. Old cam was E-m10 Mark 3

[walt.farrell]

On 6/18/2020 at 1:00 PM, m.n said:

Hi, I am using affinity photo 1.8.3 on iPad 10.5 and I bought a new Olympus EM1 MARK III. When I try to add a raw image, ı got an error. (the file type is not supported) how can I fix this problem and I can edit my raw images. Other models don't have this problem. Old cam was E-m10 Mark 3

On the iPad Affinity depends on Apple's RAW development support within the OS, so if Apple doesn't support the camera then Affinity won't, either.

This FAQ article provides more information: