How can I open Canon Rebel T7 CR2 files in Lightroom 6?

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I shot RAW (.CR2) files on a Canon Rebel T7, but Lightroom 6 won't open them. Is there a way to convert these files so I can use them in Lightroom 6?

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Adobe does not support the Canon Rebel T7 in LR6, only in the newer Lightroom CC/Lightroom Classic CC. If you'd like to, you can convert your .CR2 files to .DNG files using Adobe's DNG Converter (DNG is an open format created by Adboe meant as a replacement for proprietary camera RAW formats).

Lightroom 6 will then read the DNG files as you would expect.

As of December 2017, Lightroom 6 is no longer supported. Please see this Adobe blog post for more information: http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2017/12/6-14-now-available-last-perpetual-update-of-lightroom.html

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Lightroom 6 does not support RAW files from the Canon Rebel T7. You do not convert .CR2 files to “.RAW” — CR2 is already Canon’s RAW format.

The practical workaround is to use Adobe DNG Converter to convert the CR2 files into .DNG files. DNG is Adobe’s open raw format, and Lightroom 6 can read those converted files.

If you want native support for the Rebel T7 files without converting, you would need a newer version of Lightroom, such as Lightroom Classic/Lightroom CC. Also note that Lightroom 6 is no longer supported by Adobe.

How can I open Canon Rebel T7 CR2 files in Lightroom 6?

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