Fixed: Support for Nikon Z6 II Camera

[NutKambing]

I just got my Z6 II but i was not able to download all the raw files to Lightromm Classic

please help

Regards

Gan

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[Whitney5CD5]

O. And I'm on a PC not Mac. 

[MICHAEL0D4D]

For those of you using Luminar, I have been uploading my Z6 II raw files to Luminar then transfering them to LR classic. As long as I keep my memory card in until I save all my edits to a desktop file they are reccognised. This has been the only other way I have found to get around the slow moving LR Z6 II raw file update. Hope this can help someone.

[Pieter98A4]

Lightroom does not support the raw files of the nikon Z6ii. Is there a way to solve this problem?

[dj_paige]

Use the Nikon software to convert the RAW to TIF, adn then you can import the TIF into Lightroom Classic.

[liamg19169272]

Hey there! I made a Youtube video with the fix today. It allows you to open + edit the Nikon Z6ii RAW files in Lightroom, Photoshop, everything. Not the dng's, not jpegs, the RAW files. And it works perfectly! Here's the link: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb67ge5N01A&t=37s

[KellyWhite14]

For anyone on windows / mac this guide shows you how to get these files working and create a workflow for them in the future https://node14.com/Public/Blog/OpenNikonZ6IIRaw.aspx

[defaultfu2wvj6fjout]

This fix worked for a short period of time for me and recently stopped working all together. Still searching on how to edit my files!!

[dj_paige]

Hello @defaultfu2wvj6fjout 

Could you explain further? Start a new thread and describe your problem from scratch.

[JP Hess]

The only problem with using this process is that you are not using profiles designed for the new camera. Additionally, when Lightroom and Camera Raw are finally updated to support the model it will be necessary to modify all those files again in order to have Lightroom recognize them and apply the right profiles. If you want to mess around like that, I guess it's okay. The other alternative is to just wait a week or two or maybe longer until the update is released.

[Bingo-49]

I don't think the profiles for the Z6II and the Z6 will be significantly different.

[DdeGannes]

So, you think Nikon created a new outer shell to house the same components? No changes to the camera firmware?

[oldmantod]

Anybody else having issues importing your RAW files from the z6ii??

Tried the converter (DNG) that isn't working either.

Any help?

[GoldingD]

Not yet supported:

https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html

And, no, we normal customers have no idea when.

[oldmantod]

Well that freaking would have been spectacular to know before I shot a
volleyball match today.

[ashleym10292293]

Or my photography project that I had to get special permission to shoot! tears. Does anyone know any other program that I can use to edit my RAW files?

[Rob_Cullen]

Until Adobe can (decompile?) 'read' the new NEF format, and incorporate into Lightroom software, you will need to use the Nikon software to edit-

https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/download/sw/182.html

https://nikonrumors.com/2020/10/20/nikon-software-updated-with-support-for-the-new-z7-ii-and-z6-ii-c...

For new release cameras (Z6ii -November2020?) this often takes one or two releases of Lightroom. We have just had the October v10.0 , so maybe in December you will get Lightroom raw compatability. (As other 'users' we do not have info on releases)

Always a risk buying new cameras- when software has to 'catch up'.

[V_Jesus]

It seems that you just have to change 2 bytes in the files.

This Z6ii user made a small console line utility that processes all nef files inside a folder:

https://github.com/Juraj-MEX/camera-tools?fbclid=IwAR0YgMrgpzYPdrd4YC1F9rNoGKzGYXhsGaQ-FrIsUEtQBD3-e...

It's Windows only, you have to use Visual Studio to compile this. But hey, it's better than nothing.

[dj_paige]

It seems that you just have to change 2 bytes in the files.

This Z6ii user made a small console line utility that processes all nef files inside a folder:

Yes, and you take all the risk of what might happen if this conversion is wrong, and somehow Lightroom Classic reads your photo wrongly and thus will display it wrongly.

[oldmantod]

I ended up using Capture NX-D to read the raw files and output (the mega huge) TIFF file and then read that in Lightroom. Its going to make tournament weekend brutal with the volume of images.

[boesenfoto.dk]

I know it suck and kinda messes up ones normal workflow. But just shoot jpg. I always shoot jpg and raw and had to edit the jpgs this weekend and my preset for Raw worked well with the jpg as well.

[mag2017]

Hello,

Yes it could work with XNVIEW , furthermore you can convert in jpg files to work later with photoshop or lightroom.

It works also with Photos from Microsoft with an addon and following instructions to install it;

[Bach 59]

If you have photo mechanic you can extract the jpgs from the raw and work on those...

[dj_paige]

"If you have photo mechanic you can extract the jpgs from the raw and work on those..."

But the JPGs in the RAW file are just previews, they're not full size.

[Bach 59]

They are in fact full resolution jpgs.

[dj_paige]

But they're still JPGs, 8 bits per channel, instead of RAW which is 12-14 bits per channel.