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jimm20130997
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August 12, 2023
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Cant find my 2000 DNGs

  • August 12, 2023
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Hi, I cant find my 2000 dngs from a shoot.

I save my photos off of cards into a file marked "shoot name" raw. I then import photos into LR classic and direct the imported DNGs to another folder marked "shoot name" LR. This is where I work on them. Then export tweaked photos into "shoot name" finished folder.

On this shoot, I worked on 2000 or more photos for about 2 days. Went to look at them today and they are not in this folder. Completely empty. 

I tried to see what happens when I import that Raw folder and it shows the ones I imported as greyed out. So it knows theyve been imported. But cant find any trace of them after that.

I am guessing I pointed the dngs to the wrong folder, but I searched every HD I have used in the last 3 months and nothing. 

I really dont want to reimport and redo the 2000+ images as I heavily worked them.

Any thoughts on what to do? Appreacite the help.

 

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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August 12, 2023

Select "All Photographs", make sure that you do not have an active filter, and sort by capture date. Can you still not find them now?

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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jimm20130997Author
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August 12, 2023

Hi thanks for your help. It looks like I sent them into another folder but they werent converted to dng. They are still a CR2, but it looks like all my work is still active, thank God. So I think Im good? Weird why they were not converted. Any issues working with them in a CR2 format vs dng? Have never done that before.

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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August 12, 2023

There is no difference working with raw or dng, but you can convert raw to dng after they have been imported as well.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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