RAW Camera support for Canon EOS 500D?

I don't know the 500D. RAW formats differ from camera model to camera model, and until Apple get around to providing support (much more timely than it used to be) you could use Adobe DNG converter and import DNG's. You can still manipulate as if it was a RAW file.

Hello,
just received the EOS 500D, too. Any news on a release date of the raw support in OS X? Urgently needed...
Thanks,
funky_joe

As I wait also for 500D support, I have tried DNG conversion from Adobe...well it doesn't work either yet, nor does importing into Adobe Lightroom as a DNG. So right now it seems the RAW files are totally useless.

Agreed - I just got my camera and unexpectedly ran into this issue on Saturday. Now I know what the RAW updates are all about. I hope there is an update really soon!

thats the trouble with hanging on to the bleeding edge . . .

Does anyone know if the RAW update will retrospectively update images?

If I import RAW files from my 500D into aperture now (with out the RAW support), and I apply the RAW update when it comes out, will my import 500d images start to work?

If it does at least I can shoot and import RAW files, and just have to wait to do any post-processing.

As mentioned, this is the cost of being on the bleeding edge.

Historically, yes. In previous updates, files that were imported for cameras that were not supported but then became supported worked, once the "Migrate images..." command was used.

What you can do for now is use Aperture to organize and collect your images while you wait for a RAW update. In the interim, if you need to get images out for printing, email, web, etc. export the master and use the very underrated DPP (Digital Photo Professional) that came with your camera. It does a very good job with RAW conversion of Canon files and actually gives you some advantages over Aperture and ACR/Ligthroom in that it will let you apply your camera technologies that you lose when you shoot RAW over JPEG.

It's rather limited in what it can do in comparison to Aperture or Lightroom, but for simply getting excellent images from your RAW files, with basic edits like cropping, sharpening, and exposure it's very good.

How long does it recently take the developers to update the software?

anywhere from here to eternity ...

and beyond

Yes, this is living on the edge. I was so excited when I got the 500D and now I'm stuck with uneditable RAW files. Thats okay, I have imported all of them and I'll just have to wait. Unfortunately, Apple just released 10.5.7 and while it supports the 5DII it did not add support for the 500D. We must have just missed the cut off date. I suppose we'll have to wait for 10.6 now. Arrgghhhh, that could be awhile...

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Did you have quick preview on when you did that? You were likely seeing the camera JPEG previews.

There's not a whole lot of point in trying to figure out exactly what's going on; Aperture does not currently support those RAW files so it's not going to work reliably, if on occasion it works at all.

Hey William, boy you're fast! I took that post off right away. I went back and looked at aperture again. The files that were behaving normal were actually jpegs. I thought I had only imported the RAW files until I looked again, oh well....