Opening Sony's ARA (RAW) format in PS Elements 9

I use PS Elements 9, with the Adober Camera Raw plug-in installed (ver. 6.5.0.216) but cannot open Sonly's ARW format file, (RAW from Sony's a6000 mirrorless camera). The Adobe support page for this plug-in shows that it's compatible with PSE 9 and and that it supports the a6000 camera. I am eager for helpful comments. Thanks.

Hi,
According to the following, the Sony Alpha A6000 requires camera raw 8.4 which is not compatible with Photoshop Elemenets 9.
Camera Raw plug-in | Supported cameras
Providing your system is not XP, Vista or Mac OS 10.6 or earlier, then you need to upgrade to Photoshop Elements 12 or 13 or use the DNG converter 8.4 or later.
DNG Converter 8.7
Mac – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5858
Win – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5864
see following for more help
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bqGovpuihw
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