P: Nikon D4/D800 nef file cannot be imported

Thank you for your comment.

It is a Release Candidate. It is not the final version. The final version will be released before long.

Well I formatted the CF memory card and I took another pictures, and Lightroom (v4.0) imported them without any problem.

I am hearing that if you take pictures using Live View, LR can not import it, but I did not make any test about it.

Is this a beta version? I get an error saying it will expire!?! That's all well and good as long as there's update notices when the final product is rolled out.

It sounds like you have an intermittent connectivity issue.

The link doesn't mention it, because the link only mentions models that were newly supported in LR 4.1 RC (there is only one: the 5D Mark III).

The D800 and D800E was already supported in Lightroom 4.0, which shipped a month ago. The only limitation is that NEFs shot in Live View (Video Mode) cannot be imported. This will be fixed shortly.

I have the same problem.

I run LR4 in my Apple Computer with OS X v10.7.3 but I found something. If I take picture with my D800 and choose the some compress NEF RAW option and the camera generate 40MB files, LR4 imports without problem. I am using a LEXAR 8GB 600x CF card.

Today I took pictures with my D800 using the uncompress NEF File and 14 deep bit and my new Lexar 16GB 1000x UDMA7 using my D800.

The result:
1. If I place the CF card in my Lexar reader and plug it in the USB port, the computer detect the CF card and when I want to browse it, the systems display an error window saying that this card was now unplug properly the last time (and it was the first time that I plugged it!!!!) Another windows display that the system find reading/writing error in the Card. Obviously, LR4 can not import any picture.

2. I return the CF card to the D800 and using their USB cable to connect the D800 to the apple computer directly, LR4 starts to import some pictures, but suddenly appears the error window that I explained. Well, then I install Nikon View NX2 and I can import all the pictures without problem to the apple computer, and then, I can imported to LR4.

I think that LR4 can not handle the NEF Files full resolution (every files has about 70MB size).

Tomorrow, I wil take the same pictures at the same full D800 resolution, but using the Lexar 600x and I will post my results.

The link doesn't mention that the D800 is supported. I have LR4.1 installed and it doesn't import the NEF files only the JPEGS. Am I missing something?

Presently, you need to use Lightroom 4.1rc from here for support: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/li...

This thread is specifically about problems with shooting still during video mode. Shooting NEFs through standard camera mode is supported in Lightroom 4.1.