I had the same problem a few months ago. Neither GIMP itself (well – is it even possible to read ANY raw files?) nor UFRaw was capable to read such files. I searched the web a while and found RawTherapee 4 (which is open source under GPL). It’s a full-featured raw file developing tool.
Since then I always use RawTherapee for my Sony ARW files (SLT-A55v), and after processing the files I start GIMP for further editing.
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I had the same problem a few months ago. Neither GIMP itself (well – is it even possible to read ANY raw files?) nor UFRaw was capable to read such files. I searched the web a while and found RawTherapee 4 (which is open source under GPL). It’s a full-featured raw file developing tool.
Since then I always use RawTherapee for my Sony ARW files (SLT-A55v), and after processing the files I start GIMP for further editing.