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Zach Lathouris
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May 10, 2021
Question

Lightroom Wont load Camera Preset List

  • May 10, 2021
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Hello everyone,

So I'm trying to change the master preset for RAW processing in Lightroom. So on my windows machines, I go to EDIT > PREFRECENES > PRESETS and then select "camera settings" from the drop-down, then check the "override the global setting for the specific camera" and then lightroom says to "please wait while loading camera models" and that's as far as I get.

I literally let it run overnight on a wired internet connection and the camera selection list is still grayed out. Watched some tutorials and I'm sure I'm not skipping a step and I know my camera (Sony A7RIV) is supported. Any tips? Could really use some help as I took a bunch of photos using a specific camera profile and the adobe processing is all wrong and I'd rather not use the Sony editor.

Picture attached for reference - let me know if you need more info.

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johnrellis
johnrellis
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May 10, 2021

Initial troubleshooting steps:

 

1. Restart your computer (unfortunately often "cures" balky Lightrooms).

 

2. Try resetting LR's preferences: 
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

LR sometimes soils its preferences file, and resetting it can fix all sorts of wonky behavior. That article explains how to restore the old preferences if resetting doesn't help.

3. If you're still getting the problem, please copy here the first ten lines from the menu command Help > System Info.

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    danyel van Kleef
    Participating Frequently
    December 26, 2021

    I got the same issue...

     

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    AdamWoodworthPhoto
    Known Participant
    December 13, 2023

    You could try the other direction: Make an empty new catalog. Then do File > Import From Another Catalog, with the option Add New Photos To Catalog Without Moving.

     


    @johnrellis Thank you! This seems to have fixed the issue, at least so far. I imported my entire old catalog into a new catalog, and then manually copied over presets, RawDefaults.xmp, etc, from the old catalog since I store the presets with the catalog. The camera drop-down list in the Raw Defaults settings is now functioning again. I will keep an eye on it and update this thread if the issue comes back.

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