Is Adobe DNG really free?

I have not been able to download the DNG converter from Adobe. Tried to register for an adobe-id but was not successful.

Is the DNG converter meant to be free or do you actually have to buy an ADOBE product to be registered with an adobe-id then only get the DNG converter?
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ELTY

to own any adobe profucts.

They just want your name and details, but I have never recieved any spam due to Adobe, so should be fine.
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Anders

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One of what I learnt in the Business Law 101, "the purpose of a business is to make money."

If you have a way to read the DNG, it's free. If you have no other ways to read the DNG, even if you own an Adobe product, it may not necessarily work. I have the Adobe Photoshop CS, but have not upgraded to CS2. I borrowed a friend's Canon 5D, took photos, converted the CR2 to DNG, and tried to open it with Adobe Photoshop CS, it wouldn't let me.
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ELTY2 said:

Is the DNG converter meant to be free or do you actually have to
buy an ADOBE product to be registered with an adobe-id then only
get the DNG converter?
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What is DNG?

Al

RAW format Digital NeGative.
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Anders

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event photography and photo journalism

Patrick Wu wrote:
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Patrick Wu said:

I have the Adobe Photoshop CS, but have not
upgraded to CS2. I borrowed a friend's Canon 5D, took photos,
converted the CR2 to DNG, and tried to open it with Adobe Photoshop
CS, it wouldn't let me.

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I just verified (again) that Photoshop CS, with ACR 2.4, will successfully process DNGs created from Canon EOS 5D CR2s. Here is a page that may help:
http://www.barry.pearson.name/articles/dng/ps_cs.htm

He is correct.

I had the ACR2.4, but installed at a "wrong" location. It needs to be at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Plug-Ins\File Formats and not C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop CS\Plug-Ins\Adobe Photoshop Only\File Formats
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Barry Pearson said:

I just verified (again) that Photoshop CS, with ACR 2.4, will
successfully process DNGs created from Canon EOS 5D CR2s. Here is a
page that may help:
http://www.barry.pearson.name/articles/dng/ps_cs.htm

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