Need to rename photos already imported

I imported photos from a shoot, and after getting them into lightroom I realized the year was off in the camera. My import preset uses the year as the first part of the file naming convention. So now I want to rename the files by correcting the year in each one. Is there an easy way to do this? I suspect that unless I go through lightroom somehow, the catalog won't know where they are if I change them.
Thanks,
Jim

Click the link in my previous reply (ooooops, looks like the link broke - here you go - http://members.lightroomqueen.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/1135/185/the-time- on-my-camera-was-incorrecthow-do-i-change-it) and you can correct the exif capture time from within LR - even if you've fixed the name, it's probably worth doing that. Then your normal naming template should have worked, but well done for finding an alternative solution!
Yes, you can convert already-imported photos to DNG, no problem. Just select them in Grid view and go to Library menu > Convert Photos to DNG and it'll automatically swap them out (and can delete the NEF's for you, at the same time)

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