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Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.1

by Cory Bohon May 28th 2008 at 6:00PM

Apple just released an update for RAW camera support for Mac OS X Leopard, Aperture 2, and iPhoto '08. With this new update, the following list of RAW-format cameras are supported:
  • Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/Kiss Digital x2/450D
  • Epson R-D1
  • Leaf AFi 7
  • Leaf AFi 6
  • Leaf AFi 5
  • Pentax K200D
  • Pentax K20D
You can download this update by opening up Software Update (Apple menu > Software Update) or by downloading the installer package from the Apple Support downloads site.


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dorit grunberger

Does anyone know if XSi will be supported by older versions of iPhoto? I have v. 6.0.6 and they're not compatible right now.
:-(

July 26 2008 at 10:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dorit grunberger

I'm having a problem as well. I have both a G5 and an Intel Macbook. Both have older versions of iPhoto (v 6.0.6) and both are incompatible with the new XSi RAW formatted photos. Any fixes for the older versions?

July 26 2008 at 10:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Benedikt Terhechte

To anyone who owns a Sony Alpha A 300 and is baffled that this Camera isn't supported, although the almost identical A200 and A350 are: I wrote a little Automator workflow which converts A300 Raw Images to A200 Format, so you can use them with Preview, iPhoto or Aperture:
You can find it here
http://www.stylemac.com/2008/06/20/mac-os-x-raw-support-for-sony-alpha-a-300/

July 03 2008 at 2:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Randy Hust

I sure would like to try your converter, but I can't get the link to work.

"Can't find server "www.stylemac.com" is the error message.

Randy

July 26 2008 at 9:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Phil

And Olympus E-420 Please!

May 29 2008 at 2:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob

I wish they support the VERY popular Lumix FZ18K. Go to Amazon.com and this camera is in the top 10 of all cameras Amazon sells. It is very inexpensive and supports RAW. Yet Apple still does not support it.

May 28 2008 at 9:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kee Hinckley

I just wish they'd go back and support the Panasonic Lumix FZ30. Virtually the same as the FZ50, but.... Fortunately they added full support for DNG files at some point (instead of only supporting DNGs with known RAW format files in them). So it's now possible to convert unsupported RAW formats to DNG with Adobe's converter and then load them into iPhoto and have them actually work.

May 28 2008 at 6:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Rob

Go to www.apple.com/feedback and request that the FZ30 be added. (While you are at it, also ask that the popular Lumix FZ18 be added as well!)

For some reason, Apple is not adding many Panasonic Lumix cameras. Or maybe they just want to support the very expensive DSLR's.


May 29 2008 at 8:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gozer

myself being one of them :D

May 28 2008 at 6:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
zeno

Finally!!
I got the Digital Rebel XSi (450D) weeks ago, and I simply could NOT see the RAW pictures I took (Aperture was showing "Unsupported Image Format")... what a painful and long wait!

Apple, I understand you want RAW support at the OS-level (and not at the application-level as LightRoom does), but you really gotta be faster with this, or you're going to piss off professional and consumer photographers, and you'll make them switch to LightRoom...

May 28 2008 at 6:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tukan

i am sure a lot of people will be happy because of the support for the newest baby canon

May 28 2008 at 6:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tukan

i am sure a lot of people will be happy because of the support for the newest baby canon

May 28 2008 at 6:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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