For Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1 and Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 users or most other Sony digital cameras users that can capture image in RAW format, Sony has released Sony RAW Driver (codec) which allows RAW data with file extension of ARW, SR2 or SRF to be displayed in Windows Explorer or Windows Photo Gallery in the same way as JPEG files. The RAW codec even allows automatic preview of RAW image as thumbnail, and enable manipulation on RAW picture just as a JPG file, such as print, open, tag and etc.

Sony RAW Codec works on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 currently supports RAW format images created by the following digital cameras in ” α ” series, Cyber-shot series and Handycam:

  • A55VHZ
  • DSC-F828
  • DSC-R1
  • DSC-RX1
  • DSC-RX100
  • DSC-RX100M2
  • DSC-RX1R
  • DSC-V3
  • DSLR-A100
  • DSLR-A100H
  • DSLR-A100K
  • DSLR-A100W
  • DSLR-A200
  • DSLR-A200K
  • DSLR-A230
  • DSLR-A290
  • DSLR-A300
  • DSLR-A330
  • DSLR-A330L
  • DSLR-A350
  • DSLR-A380
  • DSLR-A390
  • DSLR-A500
  • DSLR-A500L
  • DSLR-A550
  • DSLR-A550L
  • DSLR-A560
  • DSLR-A580
  • DSLR-A700
  • DSLR-A700H
  • DSLR-A700K
  • DSLR-A700P
  • DSLR-A850
  • DSLR-A900
  • ILCE-3000
  • NEX-3
  • NEX-3N
  • NEX-3NL
  • NEX-5
  • NEX-5N
  • EX-5R
  • NEX-5T
  • NEX-5TL
  • NEX-6
  • NEX-7
  • NEX-C3
  • NEX-C3A
  • NEX-F3
  • NEX-VG20
  • NEX-VG30
  • NEX-VG900
  • SLT-A33
  • SLT-A35
  • SLT-A35K
  • SLT-A37
  • SLT-A55V
  • SLT-A57
  • SLT-A58
  • SLT-A58K
  • SLT-A65V
  • SLT-A65VL
  • LT-A77V
  • SLT-A99V
  • DSC-F828
  • DSC-R1
  • DSC-RX1
  • DSC-RX1R
  • DSC-RX10
  • DSC-RX100
  • DSC-RX100M2
  • DSC-RX100M3
  • DSC-V3
  • ILCA-77M2
  • NEX-VG20 ⁄ 20E
  • NEX-VG30 ⁄ 30E
  • NEX-VG900 ⁄ 900E

Download Sony RAW Driver from here.