Kathy,

one more thing: I noticed, that an XMP tag is present in the raw file. Can not be, that the program, which inserted the XMP data, ruined the raw file? Don't you have the original raw?

That would have been Adobe Bridge adding the XMP stuff. I looked back at all the RAW files still in Time Machine; all of the RAWs taken with the old firmware are too small and all of the RAWs taken after the update are 15-18 MB. I know that I hadn't tagged every RAW with Bridge, so I still think the firmware was the issue, not Bridge.

Ok, then there is nothing to do.

On the other hand, I noticed some format errors in the inserted metadata; I want to report them on the Bridge forum, but I need to know if it is Mac or Windows?

Thanks.

Mac, running OS X 10.5.4

I also had an error parsing files with the DNG converter after the following happened;

1) Connected NTFS (PC) formatted external USB2 HD to Mac.

2) Downloaded NEF and DNG files to Mac.

3) NEF and DNG files not readable in PS CS3 or Lightroom in Mac. Get "not right kind of document" message in PS.

4) Image files on NTFS formatted external USB2 HD not readable in PS CS3 or Lightroom on PC. Get "not right kind of document" message in PS.

5) Attempted to reconvert NEF and DNG files with DNG converter, get "error parsing files" message in converter.

Any one have any ideas how to fix thus corrupted image files?

Thanks,
Joe