Canon R5 MK II RAW files not supported in iPhone's editing program

You're shooting raws on an R5 II and you want to process them on a phone?

Svetlana2811 wrote: … editing program of apple does not support my new camera yet.

And it may never. See this:

Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and visionOS 2 - Apple Support

Look at how many just Canon cameras are on this list! Every camera model and sub-model has its very own RAW format that's different from all the others. Apple doesn't seem interested in writing new code to support them all, and I find it hard to blame them for that. It makes you wonder why Canon (or Nikon, or ...) can't come up with a single format for all their cameras.

For my Nikon Z8, I found the app Raw Right Away which makes RAW files from lots of sources show icons on a Mac, and makes them work with  QuickLook. It may or may not work for you. It does not make RAW files available for apps like Photos, but Photos doesn't offer much value for RAW formats, anyway. I edit RAW files in Nikon's own NX Studio editor or in Lightroom Classic, and I use those to generate jpgs for additional work in Photos.

You can use Adobe's free Digital Negative (DNG) converter to make a universally acceptable RAW picture file. This is the format that Lightroom uses when it creates a new (edited) RAW file, and Apple and Photos supports that. The converter is free:

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/adobe-dng-converter.html

It makes you wonder why Canon (or Nikon, or ...) can't come up with a single format for all their cameras.

Because that's literally part of the definition of a camera model. The raw is a product of the sensor and the firmware. If they were the same on every camera then every camera model would be the same...

Yer_Man wrote: … Because that's literally part of the definition of a camera model.

And yet, there's DNG. I understand that dng files can lose information in some cases, but within the Nikon system, for instance, I think that the company could come up with a data system that would handle all current formats and be expandable to new ones.

The problem with DNG is that it's owned by Adobe. And while they allow use of that by anyone right now, there is no telling what a future management of that company may do. No major camera manufacturer is going to put themselves into a situation where they might end up paying royalties for a core part of their process. Also, I do believe that the engineers at Nikon and Sony/Canon or whoever believe that they can make a better image than Adobe can, or they'd have given up years ago. After all, Adobe don't actually design or make cameras....

Good to know. I've seen dafter things on here. So, standard unsupported raw reply:

To be blunt, adding raw support does not seem to be a priority these days for Apple. So, some cameras are never supported, so partially supported and some fully so.

Options: Convert the raws to DNG with Adobe's free converter.

or

Use a third party app to manage these (and if you wish) all you photos. Apps like Adobe's Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, CaptureOne, DxO Photo Lab, Mylio and others have their own raw support and tend to be faster and more complete in the support they offer, but then they ought to be as you pay for them. Also consider the software that the maker of your camera recommends, which is most likely free and there are also open source options too.

He's actually referring to

and, I'm assuming, mis-spoke in the body of the post.

I'm assuming, mis-spoke in the body of the post.

Reassuring.