Glad to hear that it works. Happy shooting!

Correlli said:
Sorry, in that case I am out of ideas.

I would uninstall Lightroom and reinstall it (of course after doing a backup of the image library - which you most likely did before the update already) or contact Adobe tech support.

Sorry...

Thank you so much for your help Correlli!! I did what you said uninstall my lightroom and re-installed. Now all my file from my D600 works.

One funny thing is that there are about 30 of my first shot imported my nikon transfer still would not open with the LR4.3

hmm, I wonder what could happen there? I don't really care for those 30 files because they were tester shots around my house.

OK, have you been able to open these exact files in any other program?

Sorry, in that case I am out of ideas.

I would uninstall Lightroom and reinstall it (of course after doing a backup of the image library - which you most likely did before the update already) or contact Adobe tech support.

Sorry...

Correlli said:
Can you launch an updater from within LR4? That should show all updates for that software including CR. I have PS CS 3 and 6 installed on my Mac and the Updater from Adobe that came with CS3 does not show any CS6 updates. So make sure you launch the right updater.

Btw, I am only guessing that CR7.3 is missing from the symptoms that you showed us. I don't use LR nor Windows.

When I do click update on LR4 it says it it's up to date and there are no current updates.

@sevencrossing: your links point to the DNG Converter, not CR...

@ bjrichus

LOL.....but, we can always hope that Nikon will out do the Sony/Fuji cameras and at a price we can actually get one. The mention of the Mayan thing....in a strange way related to the idea Nikon is actually going to give us a camera......

Can you launch an updater from within LR4? That should show all updates for that software including CR. I have PS CS 3 and 6 installed on my Mac and the Updater from Adobe that came with CS3 does not show any CS6 updates. So make sure you launch the right updater.

Btw, I am only guessing that CR7.3 is missing from the symptoms that you showed us. I don't use LR nor Windows.

CR 7.3

windows

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5519

Mac

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5518

Correlli said:
Not sure about the update mechanism of LR, but with Photoshop updating Photoshop and Camera Raw (CR) are two separate things. So you might have updated LR but not CR. Please go to the Adobe website, find, download and install CR 7.3 and try importing the nef files again.

Hope this helps.

Ok, when I go to the adobe website it says that I need to download the CR 7.3 through the CS6 but I don't have CS6. I only have CS5. So I opened up my PS CS5 and click update there was not any CR 7.3 file to update.

What I did download from Adobe was the DNG converter 7.3 but it didn't work.

msmoto said:
So, the idea of the hybrid D7000/D300s reborn into a new DX DSLR would make sense if Nikon is preparing to introduce a new camera line of mirrorless full frame or crop sensor cameras.

Admin on the main blog has said this as did the latest article so at least lets hope it's somewhat better specified than the "1" series.

Whatever, it'll be too big/small, too many/few MP, too heavy/light, too noisy/clean at high ISO, wrong body shape/great body shape, and last of all it doesn't look like a DSLR/looks like a XXX (insert brand you personally hate), so all of us will have a happy 2013 complaining about it here!

Happy whatever you celebrate at this time of year - and we all survived the Mayan thing, so be happy. :-)

msmoto said:

....Nikon may not have a pro DX body. Instead an FX sensor which will have the 16MP in DX crop mode, ISO of 12,800, and 8-10 FPS may be in the making as the replacement for the "DX Pro".

yes, for one we agree, I think it will be called the D900 :) and we may see it in 2014

msmoto said:
But, one other factor comes in...the eventual disappearance of the mirror.

again we agree, but I think it will at least 5 years before we see a mirror-less equivalent of the D4

but will it be easier for Nikon to make a mirrorless DX rather than a mirrorless FX

msmoto said:
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So, the idea of the hybrid D7000/D300s reborn into a new DX DSLR would make sense if Nikon is preparing to introduce a new camera line of mirrorless full frame or crop sensor cameras.

Good point. In which case the D4/D800 could be the last of this style of DSLR at the Pro level.

The size of the lens will come down too especially for the wide end.

@ sevencrossing.....

Well, actually I was thinking that at some point Nikon may not have a pro DX body. Instead an FX sensor which will have the 16MP in DX crop mode, ISO of 12,800, and 8-10 FPS may be in the making as the replacement for the "DX Pro".

My suspicion is that the small size of the original DX sensor was an economic consideration on the D1. If I am correct in the 1990's the Kodak digital back was about USD $15,000 and was only about 15 MP. As time has passed the ability to produce far superior sensors at far less cost has now resulted in the D600. And, it would seem to me to be a natural function to return to the format size we started with, i.e., full 24mm X 36mm frame size.

But, one other factor comes in...the eventual disappearance of the mirror. Once the technology to obtain continuos servo focus at or better than that achieved by the D4 today, and do this electronically with no mirror. I suspect the DSLR will be a thing of the past.

We do not really know what Nikon and Canon are doing behind closed doors. But, the mirrorless camera with a DX or FX sensor will be seen fairly soon by both companies IMO.

So, the idea of the hybrid D7000/D300s reborn into a new DX DSLR would make sense if Nikon is preparing to introduce a new camera line of mirrorless full frame or crop sensor cameras.

sevencrossing said:
The D400's replacement will presumably be the D500. but what would the D500 replacement be called

LOL! you are a stirrer !!!

msmoto said:
....will actually be the D400 replacement. ....

The D400's replacement will presumably be the D500. but what would the D500 replacement be called

Thanks for the nod to the video--going to go and look for it. The Kelby book on LR3 was very well done.

shawnino said:
4) LR4 occasionally spontaneously quits. LR3 never did once.

agree L4 seems more prone to the occasional freeze, then L3 but I suspect this may due to the D800 large files, rather than L4

That said simple closing an opening the program, quickly fixes it

as corelli says I suspect you need to install CR 7.3 independently of PS

If you subscribe to Kelby Training, Matt K has an excellent vidio on L4's new features

Not sure about the update mechanism of LR, but with Photoshop updating Photoshop and Camera Raw (CR) are two separate things. So you might have updated LR but not CR. Please go to the Adobe website, find, download and install CR 7.3 and try importing the nef files again.

Hope this helps.

Ok, so I got the LR4 with the 4.3 and LR4 still will not let me upload my NEF files. Here is a screen shot.

spraynpray said:
With the frame rate of an Uzi!

you mean it jams a lot? :-)

With the frame rate of an Uzi!

Now that we hear the rumor of the D800 size body with the D4 sensor....and the D7000 replacement will be in place of both D300s and D7000....things are getting interesting. Maybe that D800 size body with the D4 sensor will actually be the D400 replacement. I could handle this as in DX crop mode it will still be super. But, maybe what is really going to happen is a compact DX size D4 sensor.....yeah! 16 MP.

spraynpray said:
If you already had LR4, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3 would be free.

If the Queen had a penis and testicles, well, she'd be King.

You write previously: "I agree that upgrading LR3 to LR4 was a pain, but I took it as my fault because I didn't do the research to know about how to upgrade without losing my develop history." Well, it shouldn't be a pain. If Adobe's going to charge us more money every couple of years, then they need to make the process seamless, or at least build functionality into the procedure so we have the ability to carry over our LR3 stuff as-was.

Ironheart's point about it being an OS issue are Adobe's claims as well. I'm on OS X 10.8.2 and I have 16 gigs of RAM (which is a ton). I had Apple phone support help me tear down and reinstall the OS. Hasn't demonstrably helped.

I'm in the minority here so I'll stop ranting and raving. What I will close with is this: in developing software, Adobe has rights (for instance, to charge what it sees fit when it sees fit) and two key responsibilities if it wants LR to be a success:
--Design the software for togs with a broad range of creative abilities
--Design the software for togs with a broad range of computer skills
In my case, I clearly fall at the computer skills hurdle. While I'm not entirely comfortable typing on these here newfangled Google-Machines, I do hold a postgraduate degree in Mathematics so I'm not exactly a member of the Great Technologically Unwashed. I guess it's my bad luck that in my number system, 3.6 > 4.3.

If you already had LR4, 4.1, 4.2 & 4.3 would be free.