Again, it all depends on which camera (and more generally, which manufacturer) the RAW files are coming from. This will probably be most noticeable with regard to color and noise profiles for newer cameras used with older versions of ACR/LR/PS. If you choose to use Adobe DNG Convertor to convert your RAW files to a DNG version supported by your older version of Photoshop, be aware that the conversion may remove some of the functionality and flexibility you would have if you used a newer version of ACR/LR/PS to work with the RAW files directly. The chart also lists the earliest version of Adobe Lightroom that supports RAW files from each camera (via the listed version of ACR). Here is a link that lists camera models currently supported by Adobe products via Adobe Camera Raw and the earliest version of ACR that supports RAW files from each camera. Since you haven't indicated which camera created your RAW files, it is not possible to summarize the instructions to fit your exact situation. Which solution you use will depend on your answers to the questions that are asked along the way in the link below. Here is a link with a comprehensive set of instructions from Adobe that addresses the issue you are encountering. Once you know what the earliest version of ACR is that supports your particular camera, then you can find the earliest version of Photoshop that supports that version of ACR. What version of Adobe Camera RAW you need depends on exactly which camera made the RAW files in question. As Adobe updates ACR to support newer cameras, compatibility with the newer versions of ACR also requires newer versions of Photoshop. Photoshop 7 supports some RAW file formats via the concurrent version of Adobe Camera RAW, mainly those from cameras already in existence at the time PS7 was released.
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