D7100 and Adobe Bridge

Question

I have a new Nikon D7100 and shot in camera raw as I used to with my D3000.  I transferred the photos and they showed up in adobe bridge as usual, however,  I can't see any of the photos and received this message:  
"Could not complete your request because the file appears to be from a camera model which is not supported by the installed version of Camera Raw.
Please visit the Camera Raw help documentation for additional information."
I then updated everything by going to updates in Photoshop and Adobe Bridge.  It said that it updated everything successfully, but I still can't see my photos in adobe bridge even though I reuploaded them from the SD card.  I still get the same message.   AFter the updates, I went and checked my versions for your information.  They are as follows:
Photoshop is CS5 extended V.12.0.4; Adobe Bridge V 4.0.5.11 (this is after all the updates I just ran)
Can someone please help me?  I'm dying to see my new pictures!   Oh, and btw....I tried changing the camera settings to shooting in jpeg (fine) and they did upload to bridge and I can see them.  This only seems to be affecting raw files.

Answer 1

Preliminary support for CS5?  Even if that's so, eventually I will need to upgrade to CS6 if the camera is not supported in CS5 in the end.  As long as I don't have to cloud it, I'm fine.  LOL!   I love my apple cloud for music, documents, etc.  But I really don't want to pay a monthly cost for a program I already have.
Although I can imagine your feelings I would like to explain a bit of my thoughts about these issues.
As long as the Raw problem for new dSLR is going on (way back to the start of this millennium…) there has been a lot of strong opinions about it. Some correct, some not.
However beside there are enough points to criticize Adobe, when it comes to ACR policy there is not much to get angry about to my opinion
1- they have started the open format called DNG and everyone is free to to use its converter. So in theory you could use a brand new dSLR (in your case with a bit of extra patience) and download the latest free DNG converter that supports your raw format and use the converted DNG file in say ACR in PSCS 2. In other words, this get's you the option to use brand new digital format in almost pre historic software
2- They provide a free update for ACR with the newest dSLR every 3 to 4 months a year for their latest version of PS, sometimes when your lucky in between transition to new PS version they also update both ACR for latest PS and provide a final update for PS one version back.
Given the fact that it is a lot of work ( check also this site with the long list of supported camera's : http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html ) to get hold of every new camera and create the correct profiles for it to work in ACR it still is a free update for owners of the latest PS version.
If we put aside a lot of reasonable/unreasonable discussions about big companies making big money you honestly can't blame them for not putting that effort in their older software, everyone has to earn a living.
Photoshop is also a profesional set of tools with many, many options to get your work done. They do provide Adobe Elements (around $ 100) with a similar but not the same ACR option and also Adobe Lightroom (around $ 150) that has the same ACR engine in a slightly different interface.
Most dSLR that are being used for pro / semi pro and serious amateur use start at about 1000 to 1500 dollar and run to very high amounts (I recently bought the Canon 1Dx) so one would expect that a photographer serious about getting a very good dSLR should also be keen on the best options for software to get the most out of it.
Again personally I was not keen on the changing upgrade policy for Adobe to change the upgrade policy. First you where able to change to CS1 from PS 1, meaning once bought a version of PS you could upgrade always to the latest version no matter what prior version you owned.
Then around CS2 I believe they changed it to only upgrade from 3 version back (which for me is reasonable)
Last year they changed it to only one version back. Running a small business myself I always used PS upgrades (I skipped CS5.5 but that was more a luxury update) and I also did profit from more stability, speed and some options as well as ever improved ACR process. But for some it might be a bit to much with only 1 version update.
On the other hand an update for PS was not all that much money, compared to complete Suite Updates PS was already an exception with same upgrade price for 3 versions, most Suites had different (higher) pricing for older versions.
And now we have the Creative Cloud. Whether we like it or not, it seems Adobe is heading to this direction and already 500.000 subscribers have joined permanent:
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2013/03/half-a-million-people-now-subscribing-to-creative-clo ud.html
And it also seems not only a new profit model has been at the base of this, also the ever increasing market of software piracy was a big reason to change to this new way of working.
Again personally I'm still a bit ambivalent about the CC depending on future planning for it. But currently I have a subscription to the CC (the first year offer was unbelievable low priced) and have access to the latest versions of almost all Adobe products for 35 dollar a month and when continuing for only 50 dollar a month.
I say 'only' knowing that not everyone will be agreeing with this but for me having predictable monthly cost and access to the complete Master Collection (including LightRoom, Premiere Pro, InDesign and Illustrator). I primarily use PS and Bridge but have some need for ID and Illustrator. By far not enough to buy a whole Suite or the individual application so for me this is a perfect solution to have access for a fair price.
There seems to be a route (search for educational) to subscribe to only PS in the CC and that seems around 20 dollar a month. I know the idea of hire software is a bit strange but according to the legal agreements we all click on for granted upon install also state you do not own the software your self but bought the right to use it
And to end this very long story, be aware that once CS7 is available on the market you loose your right to upgrade from CS5 and need to buy a full version, and as for CS6, the new 2012 ACR process that came with CS6 is worth alone the upgrade price to my opinion