Adobe Lightroom for iOS now supports RAW shooting on iPhone 7, 7 Plus

I setup my new iPhone 7Plus yesterday and with excitement started to use the new camera.  I took a photo and emailed it to one of my accounts so I could see what the software on my MBPro thought about it. In the Camera app there is no way to set the format to RAW or DNG.  I even looked in the phone's settings and found some video format settings but no reference to this new raw setting.  Further research showed you can get this new raw format if you download Adobe LightRoom 2.5 and take photos from within LightRoom.  So I did and emailed myself a photo but it was a 1.4 mb jpg.  My next try got me a jpg a little over 4.1 mb - now you're talkin!  However, I still have not figured out exactly how to take a photo in raw format and save or export the photo in that raw format to use it on my Mac Pro / Thunderbolt Monitor setup.

Question: why is it that Apple gives us an upgraded camera with 2 lenses and decent sensor with the ability to produce a raw format image, and then virtually no instructions on how to actually use it?

Having been using computers since they were called micro computers, and having been a photographer for 60 years, I have an idea how these things work - how is a person without my expertise supposed to use something like this?

gersteas said:

Question: why is it that Apple gives us an upgraded camera with 2 lenses and decent sensor with the ability to produce a raw format image, and then virtually no instructions on how to actually use it?

I imagine when 10.1 comes out, they will stat discussing the RAW format. It would also be nice if you could shoot RAW video. 

gersteas said:

Question: why is it that Apple gives us an upgraded camera with 2 lenses and decent sensor with the ability to produce a raw format image, and then virtually no instructions on how to actually use it?

Having been using computers since they were called micro computers, and having been a photographer for 60 years, I have an idea how these things work - how is a person without my expertise supposed to use something like this?

It's quite a bit easier to figure out than developing film and using an enlarger. 

I went to a Lightroom user group for a hands-on demo the day after the new LR App dropped.

 I'd suggest the Adobe Lightroom blog as a starting point. 

JinTech said:

gersteas said:

Question: why is it that Apple gives us an upgraded camera with 2 lenses and decent sensor with the ability to produce a raw format image, and then virtually no instructions on how to actually use it?

I imagine when 10.1 comes out, they will stat discussing the RAW format. It would also be nice if you could shoot RAW video. 

Doubt a phone could handle raw video, unless it is at a low frame per second speed.

gersteas said:

how is a person without my expertise supposed to use something like this?

press the "JPG" icon at the top and switch to "DNG" It's not your fault. It's pretty bad UX, but it is free and fun to use.