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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 312389" data-attributes="member: 12496">No, this was not correct...&nbsp; DNG conversion is not a necessary step.&nbsp; Mostly, DNG will simply prevent ViewNX from ever being able to open them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Photoshop DOES NOT convert the NEF file to DNG unless you specify to do it.&nbsp; Photoshop will work on the original NEF, and will leave them as NEF, which will always work fine.&nbsp;&nbsp; Conversion to DNG is NOT necessary at this time - leave that until you have a better reason.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; You can always do it later.&nbsp; But do have a known reason first.See <a href="http://www.scantips.com/lights/flashbasics1g.html" target="_blank">Why shoot Raw?</a> for more about Raw, esp the video file there.You may want to consider investing the software money into LightRoom instead of Elements.&nbsp;&nbsp; Elements is sort of intentionally limited, features left out of it.<a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=lightroom+elements+compared" target="_blank">lightroom elements compared - Google Search</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 312389, member: 12496"] No, this was not correct... DNG conversion is not a necessary step. Mostly, DNG will simply prevent ViewNX from ever being able to open them. Photoshop DOES NOT convert the NEF file to DNG unless you specify to do it. Photoshop will work on the original NEF, and will leave them as NEF, which will always work fine. Conversion to DNG is NOT necessary at this time - leave that until you have a better reason. :) You can always do it later. But do have a known reason first. See [URL="http://www.scantips.com/lights/flashbasics1g.html"]Why shoot Raw?[/URL] for more about Raw, esp the video file there. You may want to consider investing the software money into LightRoom instead of Elements. Elements is sort of intentionally limited, features left out of it. [URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=lightroom+elements+compared"]lightroom elements compared - Google Search[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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