Comments on: Reader Question: Canon 5D Mark II Support in Lightroom

By: David Marx

David Marx — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:24:14 +0000

Dear Todd,
Hmmm. This doesn’t sound right. With those updates Lightroom shouldn’t have any trouble copying and interpreting your .cr2 files. Having worked with a 5d ii recently I can assure you that Lightroom is ready for these files. This makes me wonder if you are importing things properly.
Sorry to ask such a simple question but where are you telling Lightroom to put your files?
I’ve seen folks cause themselves a lot of trouble here.

Here are two experiments that might help. 1. Copy the entire DCIM folder from your memory card to your computers desktop and then import that folder into Lightroom.
2. Try using the copy and convert to dng option in the import dialogue.

If either of these fail then something is seriously wrong but if they work then I think we are dealing with pilot error.

Hope this helps

David

By: Todd Naber

Todd Naber — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:40:29 +0000

Hi Scott,
I’m a LightRoom 2 user on a PC (XP Professional) and I’ve updated to Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4 (32-bit). I’m using a Core 2 Duo (2ghz) and I have 4gb of ram installed.
My problem is when I try to import photos from my Canon 5D Mark II- only the JPEG’s get imported. The Raw (cr2) files will not import even though they are present on the memory card.
What am I missing here? Do I have to import them through Canon’s Digital Photo Professional? I thought Lightroom 2.4 was smart enough to import the photos directly?
Todd

By: Scott Rouse

Scott Rouse — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:08:10 +0000

Victor,

Thanks for the news on that. I can’t think of a good reason that one would want to shoot in sRAW, but it’s good to know about the file size inflation.

-Scott

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:03 +0000

While the Mk II is supported by Lightroom now it is not fully-optimized for it. Depending on your workflow, you may be converting your RAW files to DNG. If you shoot at all in sRAW – Canon’s special lower resolution RAW format – please note that Lightroom and Adobe’s RAW convertor both inflate the final filesize of the DNG conversion by approximately 70%. I don’t know how publicized this issue might be but I discovered it through my own work and have since reported it to John Nack. If you shoot any sRAW I suggest importing them without conversion and store your changes in XMP sidecar files until Adobe figures out how to convert the files to DNG properly.

By: Scott Rouse

Scott Rouse — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0000

We're at version 2.4 now, and the 5D Mark II is fully-supported. You can get more information here. -Scott

By: David Marx

David Marx — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:38:54 +0000

With the Lightroom 2.3 update on the horizon this camera is now pretty well supported. If your still having trouble make sure your using the latest LR update.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:33:23 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Dave! That article you mentioned is a wonderful answer to Nancee's question.

By: David Marx

David Marx — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:28:42 +0000

Dear Nancee, Scott, and All of the Others Who Will Ask This Question,

Scott’s answer here is spot on. Whenever new cameras are released it takes the good folks at a Adobe a little while to build and test the new Raw conversion profiles. I wrote an extensive article on this topic a few weeks ago with advice on what to do if your brand new camera is a little ahead of the Adobe engineers. Here is the link.

http://www.computersforphotographers.com/2008/08/reader-question-why-can-i-open-my-brand.html