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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 95054" data-attributes="member: 9521">I agree with WhiteLight, DNG is the way to go. In an NEF file, the EXIF data rides along with the file as a "sidecar" and is not part of the file. As a result it can be lost and gone for good. However, this is not the case with DNG files. DNG files incorporate the EXIF data within the file itself and thus can never be lost. Moreover, DNG is not a proprietary system like NEF and is considered a public domain system and thus less likely to be at the whims of a single provider.You can convert all your existing files to DNG or you can simply choose the option to convert upon import. I typically convert when I'm importing my images, it's a loss-less system and I don't have to worry about losing my EXIF info.</blockquote>