Lightroom 4 (and CS5) and FFF Files

I'm working on Mac with Lion.
I've taken a series (thousands) of tethered picture with Phocus in multi shot mode (4 shot) with a H4D-50.
The strange thing is that Lightroom is bundled with the camera but can't see the files! Trying to import there's no file available.
CS5 can open the file, but not in Camera Raw... Why?
I need to open FFF multi shot file with ACR (either LR or PS). Any solution?
Thanks,

FFF is not fullt supported by Lr or Camera Raw. See response in linked thread from Camera Raw forum.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4508092

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