Adobe DNG convertor now for FZ38 (1 Viewer)

I wanted to try FZ38 RAW files in my copy of Photoshop Elements but it did not recognise the Panasonic file format. I then looked at the Adobe DNG convertor but the version available between Nov and today had the FZ35 eek! but not the FZ38.

The version available now on the Adobe site includes the FZ38. :clap:

I have used it to convert RAW files and work on them in Photoshop Elements so I will do a few trials on RAW versus JPEG.

Dave

davethebird said:

.... had the FZ35 eek! but not the FZ38.

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Are the RAW files different for these two versions of the same camera?

Swissboy said:

Are the RAW files different for these two versions of the same camera?

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No, the RAW file formats are the same.

The camera adds the camera model name to the EXIF file and Adobe DNG convertor reads this to recognise the file type. As Adobe only included the FZ35 (because that was the model name in the USA) the software did not recognise the FZ38 as having a file type it can convert. The FZ38 was missed as it is the model name in the rest of the world. Just a consequence of using two names for the same model.

It was always possible to change the model name in the EXIF file and then convert the file but that was a step too far for me.