Opening 7D Mark II images

[rpcrowe]

I use Photoshop CS6 on a Windows 7 platform.

Am I going to have problems downloading and opening RAW files from my forthcoming Canon 7D Mark II, using CS6 Bridge?

If so, how do I work around it???

If I wanted to start Adobe CC, can I still use Windows 7 as my platform?

[James G]

Richard I have successively had CS6 running on Windows 7, 8.1 and then 10. I moved to Adobe CC from CS6 earlier this year and have had no problems.

I too shoot with a 7D Mark II, (and the Mark 1 before that), and have not had any problems offloading raw files to Bridge.

That said, I always remove the SD/CF cards and put them into my PC's card slot to transfer rather than link the camera to my PC.

James

[dje]

Richard

According to this ACR Camera Support site, the Canon 7D MkII is supported by ACR version 8.7 and above. So firstly check what version you have on your CS6 (open Photoshop, select Help tab, About Plug-in,Camera Raw and it will give you details of the version you have).

If you have 8.7 or above, you should be right (I have 9.1.1 on my CS6). If not you'll have to update your version of ACR. Hopefully updates are still available. You should be able to do this from the Help tab in PS too (select Updates).

Dave

[DanK]

Adobe CC works fine under Windows 7. That's what I use.


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[rpcrowe]

Thanks my friends... I have ACR 9.0.0 so it should work O.K. The camera is expected to arrive this afternoon...

I'd really like to keep using the copy of Adobe CS6 that I own as long as I possibly can.

BTW, James... I also do not link my camera to my PC. Instead, I remove the CF cards from the camera and use a Lexar 3.0 Card Reader connected to the computer...

[Geoff F]

7D Mk II downloads directly to ACR with Bridge for me, using Windows 7, but for some reason my earlier Mk I isn't recognised now unless I use a card reader. Adobe CC.

[Cantab]

Richard, thank you for posing this question. It's an issue I was wondering about – although I've yet to acquire the 7Dii .

Thanks to Dave's comment above, I've just updated my Photoshop CS6 ACR to 9.1.1. Unfortunately my Lightroom is 4.4 and the camera needs 5.7.

[IzzieK]

...That said, I always remove the SD/CF cards and put them into my PC's card slot to transfer rather than link the camera to my PC.

James

I want to ask why you prefer to access your cards via your PC card slot instead of link the camera to your PC. Is there a difference? Will it hurt the camera? I do the same as you but I am just curious...

[Saorsa]

I do both. But when I link the PC I use the Nikon software to do it and that actually syncs the camera time to the PC which, in turn, is synced to the national time standard.

[James G]

Izzie, either method is generally quite safe, but when the camera is connected to the computer it is a kind of gateway, 'supervising' the transfer of the raw file/jpeg from the card to the computer. This introduces an 'unnecessary' step in the transfer process (imo).

Before retirement, I worked in research chemistry, and later in IT, developing systems to 'automate' various reaction processes. It became second nature to look for weak points where failure can occur and fix/avoid.

So, when transferring files, (of any sort), it makes sense to do it as simply as possible and minimise the number of different points in the transfer process where things can go wrong.
Transferring the raw images directly from the card(s) onto my PC, eliminates the camera as a source of (potential) problems.

[rpcrowe]

It is also faster to download images (Especially RAW images from a UDMA Capable CF card via a UDMA Capable Reader) than by connecting the camera to the computer and downloading the images that way. This is especially true if you have a USB 3.0 reader to a USB 3.0 port on your computer...

[Manfred M]

Izzie - the direct link to your camera is the SLOWEST possible way to download the image files. The only time I will use it is when I forget my external card reader and all I have is the camera cable.

The readers built into your laptop are not the most robust items in the world and seem okay if you are reading the occasional SD card. I know of a couple of people who have had their cards get stuck in the built in reader (and the either the reader or card were damaged).

My preferred method is the external card reader via a USB 3 interface. Fast and problem free, so far as I am concerned.

[inkista]

Just in case someone else needs to do this and isn't using CS6 or a 7DMkII...

Here's the Adobe webiste link for checking what version of ACR/Lr your camera needs:
https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/k...d-cameras.html

And here's the link on the Adobe website for checking how far your Adobe app's ACR can be upgraded:
https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/k...lications.html

If your version of Adobe software is too old to update to the version of ACR you need, then your other alternative is to convert your RAW files to DNG with the free DNG converter. If your software is very old, you may have to pay attention to the version of DNG it can grok and convert accordingly.

[IzzieK]

James, Richard and Manfred, thank you for the info. I go direct transfer to my laptop if I am using that and a reader if I am using my desktop. It is Bill who recently needed to transfer images from his camera to his desktop each day when he comes home as when he is fixing his forever-there-is-something-wrong airplane, he takes pictures of stuffs when he pulls them apart or when he installs some upgrade. I think he got tired (or was it me?) of asking me to move his SD file to a thumb file because his computer doesn't want to do it. You know, hard-headed husband and know-it-all wife, doesn't sync well when it comes to computers. Anyway, he was thrilled to be able to 'discover' he can transfer his file via a cord to his computer. Now that this subject came up, I asked. Manfred, my reader is a USB-3 backward compatible USB 2. I bring it with me everywhere we go just in case I need it.

[pnodrog]

I nearly always transfer from the camera... I am more concerned about damage to card/camera connectors or the remote chance of ESD damage than the speed of transfer.

James seems to worry about software or communication glitches. I have never struck one (make sure camera battery is charged). I have also never had a CF card fail. Frankly I trust a $2000 camera more than a $10 card reader.

[Geoff F]

I nearly always transfer from the camera... I am more concerned about damage to card/camera connectors or the remote chance of ESD damage than the speed of transfer.

James seems to worry about software or communication glitches. I have never struck one (make sure camera battery is charged). I have also never had a CF card fail. Frankly I trust a $2000 camera more than a $10 card reader.

Same with me, those connection pins look so fragile that I prefer to stay clear of them whenever possible.

[James G]

Same with me, those connection pins look so fragile that I prefer to stay clear of them whenever possible.

They are fragile! I've had the CF card jam in a camera (not, I must admit my 7D Mk1).

Given the 'reliability' of the current generation of cameras, and computers I am probably now being overcautious, but I have had a card fail 'in camera' a few years back. It's really a case of old dogs and new tricks, but in respect of this 'old dog' it's also a case of once bitten twice shy.

The 7D Mk2 has a dual card slot. I use 16gb cards and I have only had to swap out once this year during a shoot at an airshow because the cards were close to full. Since I use the 'dual' capture option, for my normal shoots, I only need to remove the SD card when off-loading images.

Now if Canon had changed the card bay to accept dual SD cards, I might think, and do, differently....

[rpcrowe]

I am happy that Canon remained with at least one CF slot in the 7D Mark II. I have a decent number of High Speed UDMA Capable CF cards...

[Tronhard]

For any of my cameras I take whatever card is being used and put it into either a USB reader or the slot in my laptop. There are two reasons for doing so from my point of view:
1. It is a lot faster if I can use the reader than make the camera ship them across, especially if I am using as USB 3 interface.
2. It does not deplete my camera batteries in doing so. The energy taken to download a considerable number of files can really reduce the remaining charge on my energy cells.

Personally I have never had a problem with CF cards bending pins on a camera - I say that with my fingers firmly crossed and touching wood!

[rpcrowe]

My card Lexar reader is UDMA compatible and has a USB 3.0 capability. However, I use it on a computer which doesn't have a USB 3.0 slot. It is still pretty fast.