JohnP1 Posted October 3, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 3, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have recently taken delivery of a shiny new Lumix S5. The problem is Lightroom will not read the RAW files, yet. While we wait for Adobe to issue an update, what RAW converter does anybody use for this camera? Affinity Photo will open them, but the colours are just weird, and I cannot get Affinity Photo to do anything much. Too many years with Adobe products. I have found a little program that reads the RAW files no problem: FastRawViewer, but this seems to be designed for initial culling before passing the files to a full on image processing program. It will not generate a final image file. Finally there is ExifTool, where apparently the camera name can be changed to "Lumix S1" which is acceptable to Lightroom. However using this program seems to be some sort of black art that only computer programmers are party to. Any help would be much appreciated, and I'm sure will be of use to many other Lumix S5 owners out there. Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chaemono Posted October 4, 2020 Share #2 Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) vor 8 Stunden schrieb JohnP1: ...Finally there is ExifTool, where apparently the camera name can be changed to "Lumix S1" which is acceptable to Lightroom. However using this program seems to be some sort of black art that only computer programmers are party to. Any help would be much appreciated, and I'm sure will be of use to many other Lumix S5 owners out there. Cheers John Using ExifTool to rename the files is simpler than people think. If you are using Windows, download the ExifTool executable file exiftool.exe (you'll probably need to unzip it after download). It will likely be placed in C:\software (I'm a Mac user, so don't know exactly). Click on the Windows "Start" menu in bottom left of your screen and go to Run to open the command line. Type cmd c\. This should open the command window. Change the directory to where the ExifTool .exe file is by typing cd C:\software and hit return. cd stand for change directory. You should see in the command window now C:\software>. Type exiftool -Model='DC-S1' (don't forget to hit space once). Basically the command window should look like this C:\software>exiftool -Model='DC-S1' . Drag and drop all your S5 RAW files after the space into that line and hit return. That should do it. Edited October 4, 2020 by Chaemono 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP1 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted October 4, 2020 Hi Chaemono, many thanks for your reply. I also am a Mac user. So, in Terminal I typed: "exiftool -Model=DC-S1 " without the quote marks, and them dropped a file into the terminal window, hit enter, and a duplicate file is created that Lightroom will read. Fantastic, thanks again. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted October 4, 2020 Share #4 Posted October 4, 2020 vor 5 Stunden schrieb JohnP1: Hi Chaemono, many thanks for your reply. I also am a Mac user. So, in Terminal I typed: "exiftool -Model=DC-S1 " without the quote marks, and them dropped a file into the terminal window, hit enter, and a duplicate file is created that Lightroom will read. Fantastic, thanks again. John You can drag and drop all the files at once, just to clarify. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP1 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted October 4, 2020 Yes, thank you. Amazingly it works really well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaemono Posted October 5, 2020 Share #6 Posted October 5, 2020 vor 11 Stunden schrieb JohnP1: Yes, thank you. Amazingly it works really well. Looking forward to some pictures. Will you be using TL lenses with it? I find that the 35 Summilux-TL and the Summicron SL lenses work really well with that Sony sensor. Exposure is uneven with the point of focus always being a bit brighter than the rest of the picture. I had noticed this with the α7R III as well but the Sony lenses were kind of crap wide open to complement this phenomenon well. These Leica lenses, on the other hand, are stunners wide open. The shallower the DOF, the better this effect works, IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB4791 Posted October 6, 2020 Share #7 Posted October 6, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) You can also use Affinity Photo to open S5 raw files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP1 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted October 6, 2020 Thank you. As I mentioned in my original post, Affinity Photo is a mystery to me. The Exiftool fix is the way for now. Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnP1 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted October 6, 2020 Chaemono, unfortunately I do not have any TL primes. I am currently using the three TL zooms on my Leica CL. I also have the three new Sigma DC lenses for the CL as well as the Sigma 70mm DG macro. Initial thoughts are the DC lenses are surprisingly good on the Lumix S5 even though it uses the sensor in crop mode. Ignoring pixels, to images really do pop off the screen. The weather in the UK over the last few days has been appalling, so I've not been out much. In theory I am going on holiday in a few days time, and provided that does not get cancelled like everything else, I hope to give the camera a good test then. Meanwhile, stuck indoors I have been copying a load of old family photos using the S5/70 macro combination & am very impressed with the results. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helged Posted October 20, 2020 Share #10 Posted October 20, 2020 Finally, Adobe does now support Lumix S5, see https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/313899-raw-converter-for-lumix-s5/?do=findComment&comment=4065806'>More sharing options...
Archiver Posted October 23, 2020 Share #11 Posted October 23, 2020 That means Adobe DNG Converter should support S5 files too. Yay for me (LR 4.4 user). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesL Posted January 9, 2023 Share #12 Posted January 9, 2023 Old thread with new relevance for the recently announced S5ii. A few sample .rw2 files can be found on the Web. I tried the exiftool method; the program said: Error: No size tag for IFD0:RawDataOffset - p1.rw2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkassenkunde Posted January 23, 2023 Share #13 Posted January 23, 2023 I had the opportunity to try out the new S5II at a sneak preview in Berlin and the Panasonic marketing consultant pointed us towards Silkypix. It is a rather simple raw converter but does the job. I posted some examples in the image thread for l-mount equipment. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofo100 Posted January 25, 2023 Share #14 Posted January 25, 2023 This is the link to the Sillpix SE version, posted under the specifications of the S5ii homepage: http://www.isl.co.jp/SILKYPIX/english/p/support/download/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 25, 2023 Share #15 Posted January 25, 2023 The problems with Adobe are long past. It handles the S5 files effortlessly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkassenkunde Posted January 25, 2023 Share #16 Posted January 25, 2023 But not the files from the S5II 😉 Probably with the next update this will be solved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom.w.bn Posted January 26, 2023 Share #17 Posted January 26, 2023 If you are a masochist, you can really enjoy the user interface of Silkypix. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hofo100 Posted February 14, 2023 Share #18 Posted February 14, 2023 LR 12.2 has arrived and S5ii is now recognized. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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