I cannot see the thumbnails of all the raw files of a new Nikon z50 in the finder menu. I have also an old nikon camera and I have no problems while with the new z50 it's impossible. I set up the view preview option as described in the infos for the view finder menu but doesn't work. I need help
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
If this Nikon Z50 is a new camera to market Apple will only
make it compatible with its current macOS which is Big Sur.
Apple does not allow the Camera RAW database of older OS's
to be updated for new cameras.
Just because Nikon cameras all share the .nef extension for their RAW files does not mean
that they are the same, each camera writes the RAW file slightly differently and therefore
when a new model like the Z50 is released, the information for its RAW files has to be given
to Adobe, Apple, Affinity and any other RAW file processors so they can update their RAW
file database so these new files can be read.
This also goes for cameras from other manufacturers, Canon, Olympus, Leica etc etc etc.
If it is important for you to read the Nikon Z50 files on Catalina then download and install
the free Adobe DNG Converter. This converts the proprietary RAW file from a camera to the
.dng file format (Digital Negative), these files will be able to be read by your system.
https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=7053
Adobe tends to add new cameras to its RAW database far quicker than Apple.
If this Nikon Z50 is a new camera to market Apple will only
make it compatible with its current macOS which is Big Sur.
Apple does not allow the Camera RAW database of older OS's
to be updated for new cameras.
Just because Nikon cameras all share the .nef extension for their RAW files does not mean
that they are the same, each camera writes the RAW file slightly differently and therefore
when a new model like the Z50 is released, the information for its RAW files has to be given
to Adobe, Apple, Affinity and any other RAW file processors so they can update their RAW
file database so these new files can be read.
This also goes for cameras from other manufacturers, Canon, Olympus, Leica etc etc etc.
If it is important for you to read the Nikon Z50 files on Catalina then download and install
the free Adobe DNG Converter. This converts the proprietary RAW file from a camera to the
.dng file format (Digital Negative), these files will be able to be read by your system.
https://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=7053
Adobe tends to add new cameras to its RAW database far quicker than Apple.
At the end I installed Big Sur and now it is working. Thank you for your help.
it doesn’t work with Catalina 10.15.7
I update my computer to Big Sur and now it is ok thank you for your help
FWIW, XnView MP will show thumbnails of z50 RAW files.
z50nikonraw wrote:
it doesn’t work with Catalina 10.15.7
Correct.
The Nikon Z50 is supported by Apple's Camera RAW in Catalina and Big Sur.
I just downloaded a RAW Z50 image from dpreview, and it was immediately displayed in the Finder on Big Sur 11.0.1 — because I have Affinity Photo set to display images. When I changed this back to the Finder, the Z50 NEF image continued to be displayed in the Finder as an icon, and responded correctly to Quick Look.
Thanks for your reply
I tried as your suggestion but it doesn’t work
i have Catalina 10.15.7
what is Affinity Photo?
i don’t find it in the configuration
I use Nikon nx for transferring photos in jpg and in that case you can see them but if you do a copy of a nef file it didn’t work... I have a card reader connected to the computer usually so I see the files and decide which is the one I am interested to copy... also in that case you cannot see the thumbnails of z50 but I can see the one of a d3000 that I also have
I see. I had Catalina installed on five different Macs, including betas, and never had one crash. I'm on my 2015 5K iMac which is running Catalina. I'm afraid to install Big Sur on it because of reports of problems installing on Fusion drives. I have Big Sur installed on an external SSD when I feel like booting it. I have Big Sur installed on the other four.
I forgot, I have a 2012 iMac with Catalina and Mojave installed.
VikingOSX wrote:
I just downloaded a RAW Z50 image from dpreview…
Just curious, where did you find a RAW image on the page you linked?
Usually in a full DPReview, there is a selector present on the page, and it has a Sample Gallery item on it.
VikingOSX wrote:
Usually in a full DPReview, there is a selector present on the page, and it has a Sample Gallery item on it.
Yes I'm familiar. I didn't see any RAW files however.
The so-sorry (aka Safari 14.0.1) browser?
Actually no, Firefox.
Catalina made me a very unhappy camper… first operating system from Apple since System 6 to do so, even with all updates applied.
Click on a Sample image, and the image will expand and a right panel will offer the JPG or RAW download. This is true for the very first image in the gallery of the band marching down the street, or any other such as the New Orleans police on bikes.
thumbnails view of raw files of z50nikon in finder
