If you are using an older version of software, then you can purchase new software so that you are using the most current version. It’s possible that ACR has an update waiting that has not yet been downloaded to your computer. If you are using the most recent version of software, then all you will need to do is update your version with the new ACR release. There are a few different ways that you can solve this problem so that you will always be able to use your version of software with a new camera model: Update Your Software But don’t worry! There are workarounds (keep reading through to the next section about the DNG Converter to find out how to make this setup work). For example, if you were still using Lightroom 4 and buy the brand-new Canon 7D Mark II, because the camera was released after Lightroom 5 had been available, Lightroom 4 will probably not be updated to work with your new camera. However, if you are using an older version of software, then your camera may never be compatible with that software. Oftentimes this update happens before the cameras are released, but there have been occasions when it takes a little longer than anticipated. For example, if you are currently using Lightroom 5 and buy a brand-new Canon camera, in order to process the RAW files you will need to wait until Adobe has updated Adobe Camera Raw in order for it to be properly read.

Lightroom and Photoshop are built to read these file types, but need to be updated for each camera model that is created. Many camera manufacturers use proprietary files for their RAW files, such as. I just got a new camera, but Lightroom (or Photoshop) does not recognize or support the RAW files.

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