Kodak 645 digital back

Will the latest version of camera raw in photoshop cs2 open the raw files form the kodak back? I run cs2 on mac G 5 with the latest operating system.
Geo Salmon

According to luminous landscape
(http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/kodak-dcs.shtml), the
Kodak 645 back is one of those that were in the original Camera Raw plugin
but not "officially" supported (i.e. it wasn't explicitly named in the list
but the plugin processed it). That plugin was the one bought separately for
PS 7.
The DCS Pro support was still in the Camera Raw 2 plugin for Photoshop CS
(and still "unofficial"). But, I do not know whether it was retained in
Camera Raw 3 for CS2. The Kodak backs have been discontinued for some time,
so don't expect it to ever show up as a supported format. But, you could be
lucky and the support may still be builtin. If you have some raw images
from it, give it a try.

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