No Nikon D50 support for Raw?

As far as I can gather, Nikon tweaks the RAW format in each of their releases. Couple that with the fact that RAW is not a standard format in the industry and that means that Apple has to include each new camera release's RAW into iPhoto. Considering that the D70s and the D50 are relatively new cameras, I'd think that support would be implemented eventually.

In the meantime, I suppose that we'll just have to either shoot in jpeg format or not use iPhoto.

Really! The D50 is a hot item. Apple, please make this a priority!

I agree Apple should get uptodate on the import of Nikon RAW format files. I have a new D70s and iPhoto 5.0.4 will not import its RAW files. The supported cameras include the D70 but the newer D70s is not on the list.

When will it be? The camera was on the market in the Spring of 2005. Most disappointing

IPhoto is having trouble maintaining photos taken from Nikon Digital SLR such as D70. Supposedly the MakerNote from these cameras (and also cameras from other DSLR Manufacturer) is creating a large "iphoto.library" file. There is a post "What can be done about the slowness?" that discuss about the problem. Not only should Apple provide RAW support for these cameras, Apple should make it work seamlessly as they have done on other iApps.

Can I add something else to the Nikon problem? The Nikon software, PictureProject 1.5, that came with my D50 will not install on my eMac: error messages about insufficient permissions appear despite the fact that I have full administrator's rights. So I have to use iPhoto 5.0.4. The Nikon customer help people have been no help at all.

A further piece of information: after reading this string, I confirmed to myself that iPhoto will, indeed, not download a RAW file from my D50 camera. So I tried Adobe Photoshop — and that won't handle the D50's RAW file, either. So it really is a Nikon matter, not an Apple one.

I guess the wheel ain't squeaky enough for apple to hear. This topic has been on for two weeks and a level 2 is the most that has weighed in on the subject. Must be a real tough one;(

I am new to digital photography, but (if it is not too naive), here is a further thought: it would obviously be highly desirable for Apple to catch up with Nikon and issue a version of iPhoto that will handle raw files from the D50 camera. But in the meantime, if one connects the camera to the computer and opens the disk image that appears, one can copy individual files (including raw files) to the desktop. Then applications like Graphic Converter or the latest version of VueScan will open them. Once they have been edited, they can be converted to JPEG and added to the iPhoto library.

Nikon has this ridiculous notion that their stuff should be properitary to the hilt.

Heck they just reached an agreement with Adobe, of all people.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05090601nikon_adobe.asp

I think that Jpeg fine works good with iphoto, may wanna try that one til things change.

Alec

Yes, iPhoto does work fine with JPEG fine files from my D50 camera. But a kind man called Marcin Brodzisz at Nikon (support -- via Nikon website) has just arranged to send me a CD with a plug-in that will make PhotoShop recognize raw files from the D50; perhaps he would send you one, too? And perhaps if enough people nag them, Nikon, or Adobe, or both, might make this plug-in generally available as a download?

I guess the wheel ain't squeaky enough for apple to hear. This topic has been on for two weeks and a level 2 is the most that has weighed in on the subject

Apple won't respond here at all. Anyone here with a "Level" next to their name is a user just like you. If you have suggestions for iPhoto, the best way to submit them to Apple is through the iPhoto feedback page. You won't get a response, but Apple does read the comments submitted.

Respectfully - folks who feel like they NEED to use raw format on their cameras probably should NOT be using iPhoto. I think you will be MUCH happier with something with more flexibility, power and speed - like iView Media.

It costs a few $$, but your photos are worth it, arn't they?

Steve

Steve in China,
Respectfully... Dude, you should read which RAW formats IView supports; it's even less than what Iphoto supports. IView, however, lists it's supported formats on the ad page unlike ILife.

Terry,

I am only really familiar with Nikon NEF support in iView. However, it supports all known NEF file formats. It does this by using the RAW interpreter from NikonView. Therefore, when you buy a new Nikon camera all you need to do is load the version of NikonView that supports the camera and iView will work with its RAW files. Although we can only assume this support will continue, I know it works for the D100, D70S, and D2X. This is by far the best way to support RAW as the camera manufacturer should always have the matching software. iView will also pull the full-size embedded JPEG image from D70S and D2X NEF files. This makes slide shows impressive, full-size, and very fast.

I must agree that if RAW photo management and its associated headache is important to you (and it is to me) then iView is an excellent choice. iView's list of supported cameras is by manufacturer and file type. This could mean other RAW formats are handled using the camera manufacturer's interpreter as well.

Hope this helped!
Sam