KonicaMinolta D7 - no support for ".MRW" raw

Its on the list of supported cameras.

Have you upgraded to the latest updates for Tiger? I know that Minolta RAW (MRW) support was added very recently into the base OS, and this update may very well be needed for Aperture to do its thing with that particular flavor of RAW.

Since I have the same camera, but dont have Aperture yet, I will be quite curious as to your findings.

Can you double click on any of your MRW images in finder to get them to open in Preview? (talking about through Finder, not Aperture). If not, then definitely get the OS update, because you will have that feature added when you do.

Jim

There does not appear to be any support for the
KonicaMinolta D7 ".MRW" raw format. Support is
available in iPhoto.
Does Apple intend to provide support for this product
in Aperture?
PM

I have ordered Aperture and I shhot with a KonicaMinolta D7. From the specs in the Apple site I tought that .MRW was supported. Did you actually try the software? Should I cancel my order?

I am running 10.4.3, I assume it is the latest update of tiger, but I cannot open MWR with Preview nor with iPhoto

paolo

I ordered Aperture after verifying the list of supported raw formats at http://www.apple.com/aperture/raw/, where the D7 is definetely listed, but I am beginning to get worried.

paolo

No Support for MRW at all...
"Unsupported Image Format" this is what Aperture say when tried to open a MRW file...
Delete your order asap.

Apple names the camera in the Raw.plist Minolta-Maxxum 7d
If you live in europe your camera is named Minolta-Dynax 7d
In order to open your RAW files you have to rename Maxxum too Dynax.
Open the Raw.plist

System-Library-Frameworks-AplicationServices.framework-Versions-A-Frameworks-Ima geIO.framework-Version-A-Recources-Raw.plist

open the .plist with Pref Setter

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26268

and change the name that should work.

You can easily edit the Raw.plist with TextEdit. I did it yesterday and worked fine. I just duplicated the lines of code with the Konica Minolta-Maxxum 7D, and chenged one to Konica Minolta-Dynax 7D. Now Tiger (Preview and iPhoto) supports both the US and European Camera names and opens all .MRW.

Try the 10.4.3 OSX update. If it works in iPhoto, it will work in Aperture as RAW support is part of OSX, not the apps.

Sam

Hi Paolo,
I know you can also edit the plist file with textedit,
but it is (for some of us) easier to do it with pref setter.
I just thought to mention the solution, so you can open your MRW files.
Which, I'm happy to see,you can now.

greetz Dennis

I did the rename trick and iphoto and preview now recognise my Minolta Dynax 7D raw pictures.
Aperture contines to saw unsupported image format.
I have tried

Konica Minolta-Dynax 7D
Konica-Minolta-Dynax 7D

Any ideas?
Thanks in Advance

THANKS!!! 🙂

This was the solution!

Without that, my Dynax 7D and the .mrw files weren't recognized in 10.4.3 -- neither Aperture nor iPhoto nor Preview.

Now it works!

However: this Raw.plist file belongs to the root user and one can't normally edit and save it. I had to change the owner of the file and the directory to be allowed to edit and save the file!

But there's "one more thing" ... 😉 (I'm curious) How is the connection to the actual filename extension ".mrw" made? I couldn't find this string "MRW" in the Raw.plist file. Doesn't OS X identify the camera type via the filename extension? How can OS X select my new "MINOLTA-DYNAX 7D" entry when I double click a ".mrw" file?

Thx,
Stefan.

This is more of a reply to the thread then just the first poster.

First, the D7 is a different camera then the 7D, confusing isn't it.

Further more their is also the newer 5D.

All have the .MRW format.

Pre 10.4.3 OSX supported .MRW files from on of minoltas non-SLR cameras. 10.4.3 added the 7D support.

The problem with OSX is it doesn't support formats in a logical way. The problem here is the same as the problem with the Canon Rebel XT/350D . Basically instead of seeing it as a .MRW and giving it a go. It looks to see what camera it came from in the meta data, if not on it's pre-selected list, OSX rejects the file, even if in reality if it tried, it would open it right up. Also not unlike how Aperture won't run on lots of hardware, but it's just because the app has a list saying what it will and won't run on, not anything based on actually trying to run. Thus why aperture is locked out of FX5200 video cards and power mac G4s for no real reason.

Anyways, you can go in and find the Raw.plst and add a entry for some cameras not supported and poof, they work.

If you own a KM 5D, which is just a smaller cheaper re-package of the 7D, by default OSX won't work with it, or DNG files made from it. But if you go in and add a entry for a 5D, (just copy the 7D entry and change the name) poof, things start working. I was able to get it to at least open DNG files made from 5D files by doing this. No luck with the MRW files yet. I don't have aperture to see if for some reason they will work there. Aperture uses the same foundation as the rest of the OS for open raw and dng files.

With some luck in the future apple will change this practice and just have OSX see a file as its raw format, not as what device if came from, and give it a honest effort to try and open it, not just ignore it because it's not on the magical list.

Unfortunately every different camera model (especially ones with different sensors) produces a different format (not extension, but the stuff inside the file) - this is why OS X goes by the model name of the camera. Adobe Camera Raw does exactly the same thing, and you have people hacking the preferences to try and open files from new, unsupported cameras.

Apple not adding both the US and European names for the same model is a separate matter.