D7000 Raw files and PE8

[Ashleyj]

Originally Posted by robstewart1

Thanks. Dragging Nikon NEF thumbnails onto the DNG converter icon (which I have saved on my desktop) seems to do the job. They then open in PE8 raw editor. I don't know if there is an easier way? It took me long enough to find my way around PE8, I don't want to start again with NX2!

Yes there is.

Use the Adobe DNG converter to download all the files from your memory card as a batch and convert them to DNG on the fly.

I do this as a matter of course with my D90 files, and I save everything as a DNG rather than a NEF. I reckon that there will always be something that will open a DNG (which is an open format as far as I am aware) whereas in a few years time trying to find something to handle a Nikon D90 NEF file might be a bit of a problem.

And one other factor is that the DNG file is slightly smaller than the NEF, saves on storage space

[robstewart1]

Thanks Ashley - I'll give it a go.

Rob.