Lightroom

On Aug 24, 2020, Iain wrote
(in article ):

I'm currently using lightroom 8.2.1 I've just updated my camera to Nikon
Z50 and lightroom does not recognise the RAW files. If I take out a
subscription to the Adobe Photographers package (£10 per month) will I
then be able to edit my existing Nikon RAW files and the Z50 ~Raw files?
I'm not a fan of cloud based subscription services.
TIA, Iain

I am assuming that you are using one of the last non-subscription versions of Lightroom. If so with the “Photographer Plan� @ $9.99/month you will get the new equivalent of that Lightroom Classic, along with the new online/desktop “Lightroom� which is a mirror of the mobile iOS Lightroom. You also get Photoshop and all that brings to the party, Cloud storage Portfolio App, Behance App, and most importantly continuous updates to ACR & Bridge which updates for new RAW and remains backwards compatible for all your old RAW files.

There are other options such as the free Adobe DNF converter, or other software such as On1 Photo RAW, Exposure X5, Luminar, Capture One 20, Affinity Photo some of which are stand-alone and some which have subscription options which can be more costly than the basic Adobe subscription which I have found to be a bargain. Personally my favored workflow is Lightroom/Photoshop even though I have bought many of the other software offerings.

Good luck.

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Regards,
Savageduck