Hi all,
I use a sony camera paired with NINA, myfiles are saving as FITS to the computers disk however I thought NINA would ignore this and save ARW (sony’s native raw format). I have had trouble with the images being saved as mono aswell… as i can see DSS isn’t reading the CFA/metadata of the files, probably because its not there.
Thanks.
I have the ASCOM sony mirrorless driver by Douglas henderson installed, is that the right one?
Thank you Andrea, Ill give it a shot. clear skies😊
for anyone else seeing this with a sony mirrorless camera:
Once you have installed the sony mirrorless camera plugin in nina, and the driver that the instructions direct you to,
select sony mirrorless camera (ascom) under equipment - camera in NINA
hit the settings button next to the dropdown, and an ascom page should appear (should connect camera and turn on beforehand)
selelect your camera in the dropdown and make sure the setting target aplication in the other tab is nina.
hit ok when your done, disconnect camera and next time you connect the camera it should be listed there.
now the files saved to disk should be ARW, contain metadata.
Noah Lausen · Feb 13, 2026, 07:08 AM
Hi all, slope 2
I use a sony camera paired with NINA, myfiles are saving as FITS to the computers disk however I thought NINA would ignore this and save ARW (sony’s native raw format). I have had trouble with the images being saved as mono aswell… as i can see DSS isn’t reading the CFA/metadata of the files, probably because its not there.
Thanks.
Have you checked whether NINA is set to capture in RAW mode within the camera settings? It might be forcing FITS output instead of preserving the original ARW format. Also, could the mono issue be related to a debayer setting being disabled somewhere in the workflow?