RAW support for Nikon D90

Any idea on when Apple will support RAW NEF files from the Nikon D90?

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 3, 2008 2:58 PM

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Posted on Oct 3, 2008 3:11 PM

John

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Nope - we are all users just like you and no one here has (or if they did could repeat it due to the Terms of Service for this forum) any inside information or speculation on inside information about Apple

Here is the link to Apple's latest liet - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1475 - and there were some additions camera's support with the recent 10.5.5 release that are not on this list

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Oct 3, 2008 3:11 PM in response to johngordy

John

Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums

Nope - we are all users just like you and no one here has (or if they did could repeat it due to the Terms of Service for this forum) any inside information or speculation on inside information about Apple

Here is the link to Apple's latest liet - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1475 - and there were some additions camera's support with the recent 10.5.5 release that are not on this list

To reach Apple - iPhoto menu ==> provide iPhoto feedback


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Oct 3, 2008 5:18 PM in response to johngordy

Apple just released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.2 on 9/16/08. The previous version was 2.1 which was released 5/28/08.

Since the D90 wasn't in v2.2, it may have to wait until v2.3 which could be at least 3 months from the latest update based on historical release periodicity. Only Apple knows for sure and unfortunately they will not talk about it.
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Nov 1, 2008 8:40 AM in response to johngordy

I was on phone with Apple Support this morning and they were blaming Nikon. I called Nikon and they said it was not there problem. Called Apple back and they acknowledged that they are not currently supporting D90 RAW format. No idea when this will occur.
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Nov 1, 2008 9:26 AM in response to JFK1121

In the meantime you can do what a lot of professional photographers do: use Adobe's DNG Cconverter to convert the RAW file to the DNG format which iPhoto does support.



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