Can't transfer RAW files from my D850 to Elements 15 or 2018

[mark d.]

I recently purchased a Nikon D850 and discovered that I can't transfer RAW files of any size from my SD card to Elements 15, so I purchased Elements 2018 only to discover that I still have the same problem. I can transfer RAW files from my D800 and D90. I can also transfer JPEG files from the D850 but as soon as I try to transfer a RAW file it won't work. I can transfer RAW files from the D850 to Lightroom and Photomatix. I am very puzzled. Can anyone offer some advice?

[MichelBParis]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/mark+d.  wrote

I recently purchased a Nikon D850 and discovered that I can't transfer RAW files of any size from my SD card to Elements 15, so I purchased Elements 2018 only to discover that I still have the same problem. I can transfer RAW files from my D800 and D90. I can also transfer JPEG files from the D850 but as soon as I try to transfer a RAW file it won't work. I can transfer RAW files from the D850 to Lightroom and Photomatix. I am very puzzled. Can anyone offer some advice?

The Nikon D850 requires the ACR 10.2.1 version.

Camera Raw plug-in and Adobe application compatibility

Today, neither PSE15 or PSE2018 are compatible. PSE2018 is only compatible with ACR 10.2.0 after using the menu Help >> Updates.

Two other problems:

The help file is not updated for PSE2018:

FAQ: Will Photoshop Elements work with my camera, or Why won't my raw files open?

And there is a curious bug in PSE2018: if you use the menu Help >> About plug-ins, you may (or not...) close Elements randomly.

[mark d.]

Thank You

I greatly appreciate your help with this matter. I'm just a "wanna-be" photographer but have gone over all of my camera settings several times and just could not come up with any setting that I might have set incorrectly which would have caused this problem. It is fortunate, in that this is now forcing me to learn how to use Lightroom.  I could wait and see if Adobe will make PSE2018 compatible.

Again, thank you so much for your help.

[MichelBParis]

We all hope an update for PSE 2018 in the near future.

In the meantime, you have two free solutions:

- downloading the free Adobe DNGconverter mentioned in my second link. That independent software (not a plugin) can batch convert a whole folder of your NEF files to the DNG raw format that older Elements versions can read and edit. Same quality and free, but another batch step.

- Since you have a compatible Lightroom version, you can also use Lightroom to save your NEFs as DNG.

[mark d.]

Thanks again Michel

Very much appreciated.

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