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Leopard camera RAW formats list
In the run up to Leopard Apple mentioned that they were adding support for more camera RAW formats, but it wasn't exactly clear which models would be supported. The final list is now available in this Apple Support Document. This means that native support for these cameras' RAW file format is in OS X and certain imaging applications, most importantly, Aperture. As it happens I was delighted to discover that my Panasonic DMC-FZ50 made the list after not being supported in Tiger. If you've been waiting for Apple to add RAW support for your camera you'll probably want to check it out.[via MacVolPlace]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Alex Bratu said 9:49AM on 11-02-2007
"they was adding"?
Terrible, simple terrible.
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adrenalin said 9:57AM on 11-02-2007
@1. Lol, I thought the same thing. Great, my camera is in the list! Now if only Apple would come out with an update asap to fix the issue with Leopard not reading image file formats properly, such as JPEG, which keeps crashing Aperature and iPhoto 08.
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RunnyYolk said 10:35AM on 11-02-2007
In terms of OS-level support, what does that cover? Coverflow? Quick-look? Personally, previewing RAW seems stupid to me. Lightroom/Aperture/others are far better image browsers and it's not like I have much use for copying individual raw files around without export to JPG or something...
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Eric M. said 10:39AM on 11-02-2007
I wish apple would add support for the Sigma cameras. I used to shoot Sigma, and they produced great pictures. When My gear was stolen, I decided to move to Nikon, but I wish I could bring all those pics into Aperture (without have to convert them all). In reality I guess I just have to use lightroom if I want Sigma support.
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Eric M said 10:40AM on 11-02-2007
@3 The OS level support is also what dictates what iPhoto and Aperture can read, they just use the OS level calls.
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davepalethorpe said 7:15AM on 1-05-2008
I have written a simple applescript application that will convert all DL2 PEFs in a selected folder to DL PEFs that OS X...and therefore Aperture.. will be able to recognise. If you want me to send you a copy, just email me on davepalethorpe@gmail.com
Hopefully this will help other DL2 owners out there!!
mungler said 11:06AM on 11-02-2007
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
(Pentax *ist DL2 owner). Hrmph.
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davepalethorpe said 7:18AM on 1-05-2008
I have written a simple applescript application that will convert all DL2 PEFs in a selected folder to DL PEFs that OS X...and therefore Aperture.. will be able to recognise. If you want me to send you a copy, just email me on davepalethorpe@gmail.com
Hopefully this will help other DL2 owners out there!!
Jeremy said 2:25PM on 11-02-2007
They still didn't see fit to fix their broken DNG support. Still no support for linear DNG files.
It would be much better if there were no RAW file support at all. iPhoto refuses to import files it doesn't recognize, instead of just importing them anyway and using the embedded JPEG previews that are already present. I will never use iPhoto to actually do RAW conversion anyway, so I don't actually care whether it supports anything, I just want it to take the file and use the existing preview.
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Schmidetzki said 7:16PM on 11-02-2007
Olympus E-510
Yep! I waited for this :-)
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davo said 10:40AM on 11-09-2007
re:RunnyYolk "In terms of OS-level support, what does that cover? Coverflow? Quick-look?"
Actually aperture does not directly support ANY image formats. Core image manages all that stuff, and that is part of the OS!
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