Lightroom converting RAW to JPG.

Hello everyone,
The other day I was importing RAW photos and a message said that it did not import all images to DNG. Then, it shows the images imported as JPG. I would rather them be saved in NEF and converted in DNG. Maybe it was a button I pressed.
THANKS!!!

Lr does not change Raw photos to JPG during import.
NEFs will be imported as NEFs.
Maybe you have set your camera to save the photos as NEFs and as JPGs and imported the JPGs?
Or you set your camera to shoot JPGs only?
Check your camera settings.

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