Lightroom 5 and Nikon Z7

Hi I am having trouble with downloading my raw and jpeg images into lightroom 5 - please can anyone help? thanks

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Correct answer John Waller

The Nikon Z7 was first supported in Lightroom Classic CC 8.0

You'll never be able to open those Raw files in Lightroom 5.

Your options:

Join the Cloud and get the latest version of Lightroom Classic CC. You can then open your Raw files in Lightroom, or
Convert to DNG. Download the free Adobe DNG converter and convert all Z7 Raw files to DNG format. Then import the DNG files (not the Raw files) into Lightroom 5. Digital Negative (DNG), Adobe DNG Converter | Adobe Photoshop CC

Having said that, you should not have any issues importing the JPGs into Lightroom 5. What problems are you having with that step?

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The Nikon Z7 was first supported in Lightroom Classic CC 8.0

You'll never be able to open those Raw files in Lightroom 5.

Your options:

Join the Cloud and get the latest version of Lightroom Classic CC. You can then open your Raw files in Lightroom, or
Convert to DNG. Download the free Adobe DNG converter and convert all Z7 Raw files to DNG format. Then import the DNG files (not the Raw files) into Lightroom 5. Digital Negative (DNG), Adobe DNG Converter | Adobe Photoshop CC

Having said that, you should not have any issues importing the JPGs into Lightroom 5. What problems are you having with that step?

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