PixelShift to DNG

The Sony A7R-III camera offers a so-called Pixel Shift Multi Shooting mode, which takes four uncompressed RAW images as the image sensor is shifted one pixel with each shot. Needless to say, processing these digital images further requires a specialized application, but the format isn't currently supported, not even by professional digital image editors. That is why PixelShift to DNG comes in handy to owners of the camera model above, as well as Pentax K1/K1-II/K3-II cameras .

As its name suggests, PixelShift to DNG is designed to convert Pixel Shift RAW photos to DNG format, which is popular amongst the majority of software tools that process digital content. It can combine the ARW raw files into a single DNG file, and convert ARQ files to DNG format. ARQ files are the containers that result when merging the four ARW files with Sony's Imaging Edge Viewer.

Following an uneventful setup process, the one-window interface of the application is revealed. Everything is supposed to be simple, and it is: all the steps needed to convert the RAW images are displayed within a single window, with no menus to deal with.

To begin with, you must select the location of the RAW files. Please note that you have to place all four RAW images in the same directory, as the application will gray-out the 'Analyze' buttons otherwise. The next step is to choose the output folder and select the overwriting options in case the target file exists.

For your convenience, PixelShift to DNG also features automatic renaming options for the resulting files. In other words, you can create a custom name pattern for the output data, which will surely make it easier for you to organize the files in your personal library.

All that is left for you to do before starting the analysis and the conversion is to choose the compression options.

PixelShift to DNG is a handy tool for those who work with the Sony A7R-III camera, as it allows them to convert their RAW digital images to a format that can be further processed by professional editors. The application is simple and should pose no problems to users, regardless of their experience