When I bought my D800, lightroom would not read my big files, so I had to transform them into DNG .. should I keep the DNG or the NEF files? Now, I started working only with the NEF, so I don't have this problem anymore -

when I bought my D800, lightroom would not read my big NEF  files .. I went crazy…. so I found out I had to transform them into DNG .. should I keep the DNG or the NEF files? Now, I tried again and I am being able to work with the NEF files … don't understand…. anyway … I have to throw away some files … they are to big … should I throw the NEF or the DNGs? (as the DNGs are not edited yet…)

Hard to say why you couldn't open them first time around...possibly low memory?
In any event, as to the question about which to keep. This is a topic that is argued long and hard here and in other forums.
For myself, I use only the NEF files and don't bother with DNG at all. Just can't see any long term advantage to force me to do all that extra work. Others feel that the "universal" format of DNG make it worthwhile.
Either way, it's hard to justify keeping both (though a few people do).
good luck
tom

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