The official page for the (non-beta) DNG Converter is here: You can find this current 11.2.1 Beta release here: It could also be true for someone who has a Creative Cloud subscription, but for some reason they need to remain on an older version of Lightroom Classic. This would also be true for anyone still using a version of Lightroom that pre-dates the change to Lightroom Classic. This is one of those rare moments when this is true for the people owning the above listed cameras. The only benefit of making the DNG conversion in the free DNG converter (as opposed to doing it in Lightroom itself) is if your version of Lightroom doesn’t yet support the raw files from your brand new camera AND there is an updated version of the DNG converter that does.

Panasonic LUMIX DC-ZS80 (DC-TZ95, DC-TZ96, DC-TZ97)Īll the DNG converter does is create copies of your raw photos in the DNG format, which in turn makes them compatible with Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw.

The following cameras are supported by this version of the converter:

I can’t remember the last time that happened, and I thought it was pretty cool for them to make this available in between official updates. I recently learned that Adobe quietly dropped a beta version of the free DNG converter to help people with newly released cameras (since the last official update in Feb) gain support for their raw photos in Lightroom and Camera Raw.

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