Files app and RAW files viewing

[kmoreau48]

I have a Nikon camera Z7II and when I try to view my RAW photos (format .NEF), it will flash a couple of times and then just show a grey screen with the file description. See attached video for reference.

My girlfriend’s Z6II raw files don’t have this issue. And I remember not having this issue when I first got the camera either. The only thing I remember changing is the RAW file size to large on my girlfriend’s camera… but never changed the setting on mine.

Has anyone encountered this issue?

BTW, if I view the files through a third party app (for example Filebrowser Pro, it works fine.)

 

[w5jck]

Sounds like bug. I use 3 different Sony cameras and the RAW files are all viewable via Files and Lightroom. The latest Photoshop on iOS is supposed to open them directly too, but I haven’t tried it yet. Files uses a viewer, so perhaps you have encountered a bug in the viewer.

 

[wilberforce]

I get the same thing with Nikon D850 NEF files on all my iOS devices (11" iPad Pro, iPad Mini 6, iPhone 11 PM). It started happening after one of the iOS updates (thanks Apple!). I don't remember exactly which one. Pretty annoying. I think it has something to do with RAW file size, as it does not happen with medium RAW files (which I never use).

Also, if I import these large RAW NEF files into iOS Photos, they get interpreted as very low resolution (160x120) TIFF files. Smaller RAW NEF files get imported fine into iOS Photos (and correctly interpreted as RAW files)

All files are imported fine into Photoshop or Lightroom CC

iPad Pro 2021 Nikon D850 file read issue - Apple Community

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[kmoreau48]

Thanks for sharing you experience, I will report this to Apple and hopefully we get a fix soon in a future update