NIKON D300s

[karmavoyager]

Hi!
I have a new NIKON D300s which I am still learning to use. My main problem is that Adobe Lightroom and Capture NX cannot open the RAW files. In windows I can load the files on to my computer, but even then I cannot open these RAW files to work on them. Instant jpg from Raw works, but nothing else. Can anyone tell me what is/am I doing wrong.

[karmavoyager]

I just solved the problem by downloading the latest update to Lightroom. Panic over it all works brilliantly now.

[chris-p]

It sounds like you've not got the latest versions. Try running the "search for updates" (or whatever it's called) in Lightroom and CaptureNX. If they're more than a couple of months old they won't have the support for the D300s files.

The latest version of Adobe Camera Raw is 5.5. I don't know if Lightroom uses ACR or it's own built in system but it was v5.5 that added support for the D300s.

If you're still having problems you could always convert the NEF files into DNG files (Adobe's own proprietary RAW format). The convertor is free and DNG files will open in all Adobe programs. You can download it for Windows from here and for Mac from here

[chris-p]

Ah, you beat me to it! Oh well............