Support for Sony's Compressed and Compressed HQ formats

Pretty funny: I just got an email from Capture One: perpetual licenses will increase by 6% (starting in June).
Full Sony A7V support is still not available, and now they’re raising prices. Why shouldn’t I just switch to Lightroom?

Seriously, it's more than 6 months since Sony A7V came out and yet Capture One is still not supporting those new formats. I think this is not acceptable especially since Adobe ALREADY supports those formats. How come you are not supporting those format yet? Did you really reached out to Sony for that? At this point, you are not trying at all and as a Sony user, this is very concerning especially since all future Sony cameras will use those formats.

Hola deseamos respuesta mas precisa.
Que significa exactamente que estamos en conversación con sony?

De que depende el conseguir la programación para los archivos compirmidos? Veo mucha falta de trasparencia por parte de CO.
Conseguir la información de Sony depende de que les compréis los derechos? o por lo contrario estáis esperando a que os los den de manera gratuita por algún procedimiento legal? o a que se debe este retraso que por ejemplo adobe no lo tiene.

Deseamos, NECESITAMOS, una fecha de cuando los vais a tener disponibles, 5 días 2 semanas? 1 año? para esperar algo mas por ello. O por lo contrario cambiar nuestro flujo de trabajo hacia "lightroom" pese a gustarnos la gestión de colores y recursos de procesador de CO.

Saludos y por favor sean sinceros realmente cual es el problema.

English:

Hello, we would like a more precise answer.

What exactly does it mean that we are in talks with Sony?

What does obtaining the programming for compressed files depend on? I see a significant lack of transparency from CO. Does getting the information from Sony depend on you purchasing the rights? Or are you waiting for them to give it to you for free through some legal process? Or what is causing this delay that Adobe, for example, doesn't have?

We want, we NEED, a date for when you will have them available. 5 days? 2 weeks? 1 year? We don't want to wait any longer for this. Or, on the contrary, we should change our workflow to "Lightroom," despite liking CO's color management and processor resources.

Regards, and please be honest and tell us what the real problem is.

any update on this topic ? its been more than 5 months since the Sony A7V got release - and still no wireless tethering support or Compressed RAW format supported

Are we to assume that the fact that we are now in may 2026 and that there is still no support for A7V that either that support is exclusive to Adobe or that Capture One has given up on Sony? I'd like support to be added to Capture One within the next few months and before my Capture One subscription expires so that I may end that subscription before it renews, why pay full price for partial support? I am so very incredibly disappointed with both Capture One and Sony.

Hello,

The absence of full RAW support is highly disappointing.

If telephone or mail communication is insufficient to obtain the necessary information from Sony, have you visit them in person ?

Regards,

From the Lightroom subreddit:

NEW Updates Across the Lightroom Ecosystem - Lightroom Classic (LrC) 15.3, Lightroom Desktop (LrD) 9.3 and Lightroom on Mobile (LrM)

• Working closely with Sony, we’re proud to be the first 3rd party to add support for the new Compressed (HQ) and Compressed RAW formats introduced with the Sony A7V! (LrC, LrD, LrM)

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C’mon Capture One please get this done

For information, we've reached a point where even BlackMagic Resolve 21 Photo page is able to process compressed RAW from Sony A7V. Just tested with Compressed and HQ, and it works.

The software is pretty capable for a beta (and free), it also offers already more editing latitude than Sony's Imaging edge suite.

Of course, I would prefer to use Capture One to edit my Compressed RAWs (needed for extended buffer in action photography). Hopefully soon.

Hi everyone,
We’ve reached out to Sony Imaging in every reasonable way to obtain the file specifications from them, unsuccessfully so far.
We’ll keep trying and we’ll let you all know when we have an update.

I still can't read files I took on my Sony early January, I have switched to RAW losses since the update in February 4th, but those files are bigger in size to the other 2, does Capture One has any estimate timeframe to support the other formats?

also might be a separate thread, but what is really being a bottle neck for me is the wireless tethering on the desktop and mobile apps, I keep using the A7IV because the A7V doesn't support it yet. Sure wire is fine in a pinch or if I am in a studio environment with minimal camera movement - but the moment I am shooting on location and moving a lot, the cable is so inconvenient - the main reason why I went and bought the subscription of the Capture One was to wireless tether from my camera, but now that I have the new one, I can't even use it and it's been 3-4 months already.

Is there finally a timeline for when support for the two missing RAW formats will be available?

I’m starting to get nervous and fear that I’ll have to purchase a new license just to get support for these two formats.
If that’s the case, I think it would be outrageous.

After all, we’re not talking about open-source software written by developers in their spare time, but rather software developed by professionals for professionals.

I bought the license this week and am very upset that Adobe is faster than C1. I hope that will finally be improved quickly and a free update for the missing formats will be available . I hope that I don’t need to buy a new license for that!!!!

Hurry up C1-Team ... seems that Adobe soon will support all RAW-formats of the A7V:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/a7v-raw-support-153130865

Hello,

is there any progress on this topic, or is it a standstill ?

thank you.

best regards.

Denis

Has sony come up with completely new compressed raw file format for this camera?

Or is compressed raw support not in place for SONY alpha1 mark2?

Any update on this? I have 5 weddings shot in compressed hq.
Ready to buy a licencse if capture one is the first to support it. currently lightroom doesn't support it either.

All formats? Does that mean: all types of ARW and ARQ and AXR?

Hello,

do you have more specifications now ?

do you have more visibility on timeline... ?

Thank you.

Best regards

Denis

Dear Product Manager,

I have two questions below.

(1)
It has been announced in a way that suggests there was a delay in obtaining detailed information from Sony regarding the new RAW format.
Did you attempt to contact Sony immediately before or after the product release announcement(2025/12/2)?
Also, did you overlook any communication from Sony? (This is a particularly important point to confirm.)

(2)

It seems you were aware at a fairly early stage that support for the lossless format would come first in version 16.7.3.

Could you explain why this was not announced until the end of January? (Had I known, I would have switched to shooting in lossless RAW at an earlier stage.)


Overall, I feel that the handling of this file format lacks respect and responsibility toward users and Sony, though I hope I'm mistaken.
Please respond to each of the above points.

Dear C1 Product Manager,

that's not good news :-(

I purchased a new perpetual license for Capture One in December, trusting that a company that offers software for professional photographers should be able to provide support for a new camera within a few weeks.

Based on your explanations, I understand that it is currently not possible to provide an exact timeline for support of the two missing RAW file formats.

However, I hope you can also understand that, as a long-time user, I am anything but happy with how the communication has gone on your part.

I am even less happy that I may have to pay another € 369 (if prices are not increased again by then) if your team does not manage to implement this support by May (within 6 months (!) of the camera's release).

Perhaps a first step toward improving the relationship between C1 and us, its loyal users, would be to offer a free update for C1 version 16.7 that includes support for all RAW file formats of the A7V, regardless of whether a new major version 16.8 is released by then (I know this does not correspond to your general release policy, but I think and hope that it is/was a one-time thing that support for a new camera should take so long).

Best regards ...