Lightroom 3 no longer recognizing and converting nef files

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November 13, 2020
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I have an old version of Lightroom 3 which always worked just fine. I recently had to upgrade to Windows 10 and now my Lightroom does not recogize, import or convert to DNG those files. Does anyone have a work around or ideas as to how I can fix this issue. I tried to download the free Adobe DNG converter, but that link is not working for some reason.

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Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

The "old version of Lightroom 3" does not support raw files from the D800. ! SUPPORTED CAMERAS

You would need at a minimum the 'old' version 4.1 (2012). 10 Years of Lightroom | The Lightroom Queen

Unless you subscribe to v10 Lr-Classic, the Converter is your only option!

The download link to the DNG Converter is working for me- try again.

DNG LEGACY SUPPORT

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/adobe-dng-converter.html

"Old" Lr3 will never "convert" files to DNG- the Converter does that BEFORE you Import the DNGs to the Catalog.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .

GoldingD

Legend

Please post your System Information as Lightroom Classic (LrC) reports it. In LrC click on Help, then System Info, then Copy. Paste that information into a reply. Please present all information from first line down to and including Plug-in Info. Info after Plug-in info can be cut as that is just so much dead space to us non-Techs.