Adobe has announced what it calls "Release Candidates" for Camera RAW 6.3 and Lightroom 3.3, which will support the D7000 (as well as the D3100 and the Coolpix P7000).

These are apparently well-tested but not final versions of the software, and can be downloaded from Adobe by existing users at their own risk.

Brian
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>These are apparently well-tested but not final versions of the
>software, and can be downloaded from Adobe by existing users
>at their own risk.

Just remember that ALL software you install (whether downloaded or from a disk, whether Beta, RC or GA) is at your risk. This is what the license agreement you click through says, and it's also the reality of it. Neither Adobe nor anyone else will do anything much if your new software deletes all of your files.

That being said, I downloaded the LR RC to get the D7000 NEF support. Hasn't scrambled my files yet. And it does, in fact, open the D7000 NEFs.

Sorry if I sound a bit like a negatron ...

As software goes, I think that this one is a low risk to install the labs version of ACR. You can always go back to the old version if you have to.

If Nikon has not changed the RAW format significantly from prior cameras, I think that even this beta ACR should work well. But I would wait before I destroyed your original NEF files (if you convert them to DNG's or Tiff's or something else).

Thanks Brian, I came here hoping for just that very news.


David