So today I took about 370 photos on a photoshoot.
I arrived home, and immediately started importing from my memory card into Lightroom, as usual.
As the import reached its end, the last 57 files suddenly made a window pop up and say 'lightroom files unsupported or damaged'.
These are all PEF taken with my K-7.
Why would it import the majority of the photos, but not the last 57?
These are very important files and I'm kinda freaking out.
(When putting the memory card back into the camera, I am able to see every single one of these files, zoom into them, read their info, etc... they seem to be fine!)
I appreciate any advice.
I am using Lightroom 2.4 and it shows to be up to date. I have tried manually importing them to the computer and then opening them on LR, but no change.
Also, kill me, but my copy of Photoshop CS3 is not legit and does not have RAW support (I use Lightroom 99% of the time). So they won't open there either.
edit: Something else I tried: I converted the RAW files to JPG *in camera*. Then, when accessing the memory card in the computer, the folders with the new JPGs were all illegible characters and I was not able to open them..
edit: DNG Converter: So it seems the DNG converter does not even let me select the files to convert them to DNG
FINAL EDIT
I used a USB card reader and it WORKED!
I had been using the built-in memory card reader inside my laptop... I never thought it could corrupt some files and not others...
I'm so relieved right now I want to cry.
THANKS everyone. In less than 3 hours from posting this thread everyone came forward and I was able to find a solution. I love the internet and the awesome Pentaxians using it ;_:
<3 Thanks again!!
It might be good to keep this thread in case anyone else has the same issue.
Last edited by IsabelleRibeiro; 07-30-2009 at 07:53 PM.
Reason: issue SOLVED!