RAW Camera support for Canon EOS 500D?

At least we know the answer now 😉

RAWs now get updated separately from the OS now

so... now it works or not ?

Do you see the 500D listed on the support page?

No, it doesn't work yet.

Just to let everyone know, Adobe has released an RC of Adobe Camera RAW 5.4 which supports the 500D.

htpp://labs.adobe.com

At least now its possible to convert them to DNG files which is supported within aperture, i'm testing it now.

Still waiting... ugh...
Aperture update was released about 3 months after canon's original announcement, and about a month after it started showing up in stores.
So by my estimation, it should available by the 24th of this month at the latest.

...i hope.

Camera RAW support for the 500D/T1i showed up tonight in Software Update. Also an update that includes fixes for iPhoto '08/'09 and Aperture.

Released June 4, 2009 -- http://support.apple.com/downloads/DigitalCamera_RAW_Compatibility_Update_26

LN

arbitrage wrote:
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.

Adobe has a RC (release candidate) of Camera Raw 5.4 and the DNG Converter 5.4 that includes Canon 500D/T1i support. Its not yet a public release, they are looking for people like you to test it in the wild. You'll need PS CS4, Bridge CS4, or Lightroom 2.4 to test it; they specifically point out that this RC won't work with PS Elements. The DNG files might (or might not) be readable by previous version of PS or Lightroom. No idea whether Aperture can read the DNG files, but it probably wouldn't hurt to test it yourself since you'd be dealing with a copy anyway.

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php?title=CameraRaw5.4

Message was edited by: John.B

Rookie question: I just installed the RAW support. RAW images from a prior project are now visible but appear very small in the viewer. Also no longer see the attached JPEGs previously viewable. Any thoughts?

anyone know if there's a way to turn the files that i already imported into proper raw converted files? i imported them before the 500D update came along.

Yes. Select them and use the Migrate Images command.

awesome, thanks!