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Subject: [Leica] Help? Lightroom refusing to import
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 01:57:03 -0800
References: <aba636872a991d55a85e5ce100e035b2@mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> <CAH1UNJ22_4DCm9eF1cd3kPdKh5hJpA1A1FJbizDiGDxfO-8RNA@mail.gmail.com> <DM6PR04MB5403F8BBCDC145EB156EB772B8BCA@DM6PR04MB5403.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>

I just borrowed a 5D Mk4 for an event, and LR Classics 13.0.1 has no
problems with the files. Are you importing from the SD card directly? If
so, try copying the files to local drive first?

On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 8:27?PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org>
wrote:

> This is what i was going to suggest.  DNG converter will put them into a
> folder then you can just import them from there, or if you put it into
> an existing folder you can use the synchronize folder feature of LR.
>
> I have to do this with my new Nikon Z7ii since I am using LR 6 and it
> has not idea what to do with the new Z camera files.
>
> OF course, this is assuming that the files are RAW files.  IF they are
> JPEG files, the I have no idea why they will not import. You said PS
> will open them.  I guess you could put them all in PS and then save them
> as TIFF or PSD files to get them into LR.
>
> Aram
>
> On 11/27/2023 8:11:18, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
> > Brian,
> > Just as a workaround - convert the set to DNG, that should do the trick.
> > You can get a free DNG converter at:
> >
> > https://helpx.adobe.com/in/camera-raw/using/adobe-dng-converter.html
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 28, 2023 at 6:54?AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> We hired a professional to photograph my mother's funeral service.
> >> We paid him very well, and got ownership rights of the images. He
> >> delivered about 100 images.
> >>
> >> Lightroom refuses to import them. It just sits there.
> >> I made a new test catalog, and tried importing one image. Same thing. It
> >> hangs.
> >> Photoshop will open them.
> >> Topaz will open them.
> >> Apple Preview will open them.
> >> Bridge will open and manipulate them.
> >> Apple's "Photos" app will import them.
> >> Lightroom refuses to touch them.
> >>
> >> Is there some kind of a Digital Rights Management flag you can put on an
> >> image file that will make it impossible to load into Lightroom?
> >>
> >> Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 Release.
> >>
> >> I have searched carefully, in Bridge, for metadata that might express an
> >> opinion to Lightroom, but haven't found anything.
> >>
> >> Does anybody know what might be going on?
> >>
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> --
> Aram Langhans
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> & Unemployed photographer
>
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> would ever have dared dream.?
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