What is Adobe DNG Converter for?

Could someone kindly explain to a novice the purpose of Adobe DNG Converter. I'm shooting Raw images on a Nikon D80 (only) and opening them using PE4.0.1 (Mac) and ACR4.1. Am I right in thinking Adobe DNG Converter is of no relevance in this setup?

Hi, Anthony. For right now, the main purpose of the DNG converter is to save your camera's raw files in a format that will hopefully be more standard and preserved for longer against the day when raw formats and cameras have moved on and your particular camer model is no longer supported.
It can also be used to for cameras that are too recent for certain applications to have support for their raw formats. Make a DNG and sometimes you can work with your files in a program that doesn't support them.
EDIT A fair number of people with newer models were doing the latter for aperture till the last OS X update.

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http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/photoshop/pdfs/dng_ commandline.pdf
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I see a lot of answers speaking about having the most up to date version of the Camera RAW Plug-in.
I have a similar issue with my .CR2 files... I cannot open them in Camera RAW because it tells me that my camera model or make is not supported by the Plug-in, and so I was directed by other forums to just try converting the .CR2 files to .DNG. I already had the Adobe DNG Converter (version 6.5 I believe), so I tried this. It too told me that my files or camera make were not supported.
However, I have always been able to successfully both open my .CR2 files AND convert them to .DNG. I had not updated anything on my camera nor on my Adobe programs and for some reason this last attempt to open RAW files failed me... I have no idea what change would have led to it. Luckily I shot in both RAW and Large JPG but I certainly don't want to rely on my JPGs of course... Any idea why this problem might have arisen now if it had always worked easily in the past?
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Are these the same exact files you've opened before that you cannot now open?
Or are they newly copied files (camera or CF card to computer)?
Can you not open ANY Canon 450D files, even those you find online and download?
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ssprengel wrote:
Does it matter what hard-drives the files are on, whether they are missed?
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ssprengel wrote:
Does an older DNG Converter also miss files?
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The screenshot did come through once I added the period between dropbox and com, making URL:
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I'm helping a friend who is happily using PS CS3 on a Mac with Lion or Lepard. I'm a PC person so I'm not sure what those two names mean. Anyway, he has a couple of newer cameras (a Sony and a Nikon) for which CS3 can't interpret the RAW files. As I understand, Adobe is not providing support in CS3 for new RAW files and my friend does not want to upgrade to a later version of Photoshop CS or CC. So, I suggested the free Adobe DNG converter.
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Simplistically,
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Francisco
This may be related to an issue with the recent Camera Raw update. Have a look at this thread from the aperture forum:
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Hi All!
I'm new here and would very much appreciate help.
I am running a Mac OS X 10.04.11 and would like to open .CR2 files (native file from my Canon 500D) in PS4      / Bridge CS4. My problem is that although I have downloaded the Adobe DNG Converter and Camera Raw 5.1 update as described here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4057, the DNG Converter can't recognise any files at all (they are greyed-out when I go to select any folder). I also followed these steps from the aforementioned link (well at least I hope I did it right, I found the reference to step 4 slightly confusing):
To install with Adobe Creative Suite 4 or Photoshop CS4:
Automated installation on Mac or Windows®:
1. Select "Updates..." from the Help menu
2. Follow the on-screen dialogs to download and install the latest available Camera Raw update
Manual installation on Mac:
1. Exit Photoshop CS4 and Adobe Bridge.
2. Open the Finder.
3. Navigate to the root of the local disk (not the user's home folder).
4. Navigate to: (Please read directory carefully)
Library/Application Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CS4/File Formats
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6. Copy the Camera Raw plug-in, Camera Raw, from the download into the same folder as in Step 4.
7. Launch Photoshop CS4 or Adobe Bridge.
Is that version the right one for CS4?
Only Finder and the Canon Software can preview my .CR2 files, Photoshop still gives the message: "Could   not complete your request because Photoshop does not recognise this type of file." and   Bridge only shows me a generic RAW thumbnail. This message also appears in PS when I double-click on the Camera-RAW.plugin. I also restarted my computer, but that didn't fix it.
Can anyone help me out please? I'd urgently need a solution.
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I now uninstalled the older 5.1 version and instead installed the DNG Converter 6.3 separately and it works perfectly.
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I'm dying for help!
Thanks a lot!

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