New Nikon D7200 Raw Pics Won't Import

Hey, guys

I posted a question on Adobe's Facebook page today asking about our problem with this brand new 7200 and no RAW or DNG converter support. Now I know it's FB and all but these companies take their presence on social media pretty seriously I think. I did get a pretty quick response and was told that the camera is on the list for support and that it's only a matter of time. So good news there. We all kind of knew that anyhow but it was good to hear it from what is supposed to be the source. If only I knew who really answered. Anyhow...In my particular situation I am also using a stand alone (downloaded from Adobe) version of CS6. So no subscription service in my case. I've heard CS6 might not receive further support but was told today that there was native support (is how he put it I believe) for CS6 and that the 7200 would eventually receive the proper support to work in my particular issue of the software. Again - very glad to hear that. So it seems as if it all is just a matter of time. In the meantime here is how I've worked around the issue to take the most advantage from my software as possible given the situation:

I use Nikon's Capture NX-D which I downloaded for free from Nikon's site. Easy install and reads the 7200's RAW files just fine. It's a bit clunkier to me than CameraRAW but that could just be a learning curve/familiarity issue more than anything. Capture seems to do an okay job of processing the RAW files and most of the familiar tools are there but honestly I've done very little RAW editing with the software. Instead what I do is make sure the image is not too far off in any particular direction but is instead fairly well exposed. If not perfectly, right? From there I use the NX-D to convert the RAW file to a TIF as has been suggested. Then I open Adobe Bridge CS6 and point it at the folder containing these newly created TIFs. Once they are up on the board I right click on the one I want to work with and instruct the software to 'open in CameraRAW' and viola! My TIF is now open in RAW and I can use all the tools as if I were working with a DNG or NEF. Once to this point the workflow goes back to normal.

Hope this helps whoever needs it.

Just learned that Nikon has free software download  Capture ND-2....It seems to be the only thing around for right now that will process and convert D7200 raw data....I used it and it works like a champ.....But be ready for an hour download time for the program... Lets hope they spread the info to Adobe soon ...

At this point in time there is no support for the D7200 in either Camera Raw or Lightroom. The camera is simply too new, and Adobe wasn't able to create profiles prior to the release of the last version. But I'm sure it will be in the next version, whenever that might be. Historically, Camera Raw and Lightroom have been updated on approximately a three month cycle. Whether or not it will be shorter this time is yet to be seen.