JPG/Raw displayed separately on recent import

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September 5, 2020
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On a recent import of images from my Fuji XT-4, I see that all my images are displayed as both JPG and Raw (separately). I didn't change any settings (the check box in preferences is unchecked) and previous imports did not have this issue for the last 6 years in any version of LR.

What's up with this?

Oh, and using the most recent version of LR Classic.

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Just Shoot Me

Legend

There has been several posts about this recently. It seems to be caused by (Maybe a Bug In LrC) leaving older images on a card and then taking new ones and then doing an import. LrC sees the older JPGs as New files and imports them not knowing they have already been imported and possibly importing the newer JPGs at the same time.

First thing to do is ALWAYS FORMAT the card in the camera once you have done an import and before you start taking other shots.

Try that as a Test and see if the JPGs show up as separate files. I bet they don't.

umijinAuthor

Participating Frequently

I should have responded to this four years back. The answer at that time was no. But it was happening with a particular brand of SD card. Now I find it happening again with imports from an Olympus camera and a different brand of SD card. Yes, older files on the card. But I only select to import new files - manually select.

There should be a way to fix this without re-importing the images. And for me it happens often enough that it's a frustrating mess.

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richardplondon

Community Expert

Here is the best way IMO to make absolutely sure you won't ever see unwanted JPG images alongside your Raw:

leave out having any JPG version on the camera card. This is faster to write as you shoot; takes up less space on the card; quicker to copy into the computer; takes up less space in the computer.

IF you ever do exceptionally need a camera JPG version of a Raw exposure before you can get to a computer: very many cameras in the pro / enthusiast space include a menu command to generate these after the fact, selectively, working from the Raw living on the memory card.

I recommend forgetting about Raw+JPG altogether, and decisively switching the camera between shooting Raw only (while exposing with Raw capture in mind) / shooting JPG only (while exposing with JPG capture in mind). Photography involves an awful lot of committed decisions; this choice of "which film is loaded" is merely one more such.

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