Nikon D3000 - NEF.Raw

The RAW format on that camera is not currently supported, that's why you get the message.

Every camera model (note: Model, not Brand) produces a different RAW output and support has to be added for each model individually. Currently there is no support for the D3000.

Let Apple know you want it:

iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback

Regards

TD

Still waiting for support on the D300s...

In the meantime, I'd recommend holding on to your NEFs (until support is added).

You should be able to "process" the NEFs (i.e. convert them into JPGs) in the camera. You may have to do this one-by-one, but here are rough instructions. (Note that I don't have a D3000, so I'm guessing on the wording based on the commands in the D80 and D300s, but hopefully this helps.)
- Make sure the NEFs are still on the camera's memory card. If you deleted them when you moved the files to your computer, move 'em back to the card (in the DCIM) folder.
- Press the "Play" button to bring up a picture in on the camera's LCD. Press MENU and scroll down to the "Retouch" menu (with an icon that looks like a little paintbrush).
- Choose "NEF (raw) processing" and then set your file type (i.e. JPEG size and quality level), then hit OK.
- The camera will "think" for a few seconds, and then a JPG version of the file will be added to your memory card alongside the NEFs.
- Repeat over and over...

Good luck,

Mike

I'm having the same problems with my Canon EOS 5000D ("Canon T1i" - I think). I dont know anything about jpegs versus raw and have no idea what an NEF is. I haven't seen that yet. Do you know how to convert my RAW photos into another format so I can save them on iphoto? I dont want to loose my photos whileI'm waiting for Apple to support Canon's RAW data.

Apple does support the T1i on 10.6. See my response to your othe rpost.

Regards

TD

Have you tried importing them via Image Capture?
Applications > Image Capture > Prefrences set to open images with Image Capture instead of iPhoto.
Plug in camera and import into a folder.
Good luck!

PS: Both Aperture 2 and Nikon NX have trial versions available for download.

Hi

I also have the D3000, and have been waiting patiently for Apple to add RAW support (it is unfortunate that I was able to import these photos on my Windows 7 machine with no problems).

What I have been doing on my Mac is...

Import the pictures using the included Nikon Transfer software. Now I have a folder of NEF files. Nikon Transfer opens ViewNX automatically. I select all of the pictures and click Convert. I choose the highest quality JPEG settings and let it run. My iPhoto library is on an old Mac Mini with 1.5TB of storage, so this takes quite a while (1-2 hours for 250 photos). I'm sure it would run much faster on a more modern machine. Then I take the new JPEGs and import those into iPhoto. I keep the NEFs for when Apple adds support to Mac OS X for this camera.

Hope this helps!

Until Aperture comes out with an update to support the Nikon D3000 raw files I use Adobe DNG convertor which keeps the quality level of the pics and the DNG format is able to be used in iPhoto and Aperture as well as many other photo editing programs.

Adobe DNG Convertor - http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/

I recently bought a D3000 and as stated here Aperture 2 doesn't support the NEF file format. What surprises me though is that Aperture is capable of importing the files. It also shows me thumbnails of the pictures and is capable of reading all the metadata contained within the NEF file. Just when I actually want to open an imported file it says that the image is in an unsupported format.

Is this just happening with me or is anybody else capable of importing, viewing thumbnails etc.?

This is how it works for me too. Quite a drag. I have been using the Adobe DNG program (http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4619) mentioned by a previous poster to convert and it works fine for now. Still waiting for an update though

HI again. Was just surfing the net and apparently Apple released an update for aperture that deals with this incompatibility on December 16th so problem now solved

http://aperture.maccreate.com/2009/12/16/apple-releases-digital-camera-raw-compa tibility-update-2-7-%E2%80%93-adds-support-for-new-nikon-canon-cameras/

The update was released on December 16th. Check Software Update. The Raw from the D3000 is now supported.

Regards

TD

I downloaded the update, yet iPhoto still won't import some of my photos. Anyone else having this problem?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.

Hard to know unless you tell us something more than that.

Regards

TD