Nikon D7000 .NEF files are not opening

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Nikon D7000 .NEF files are not opening

I am a new, lucky owner of the Nikon D7000 but, sadly, am unable to open my RAW (.NEF) files in iPhoto -- I am told that the files are an "Unreadable" format.

Now, while I may use the Nikon software provided, I would much rather use iPhoto for my editing.

Is there anything I might be able to do -- drivers, codecs (?) -- to get this opening?

iMac 27" i7, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 17, 2010 3:26 PM

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LarryHN

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Oct 17, 2010 5:45 PM in response to Hamilton P

I do not see the D7000 listed in the RAW support for iPhoto/Aperture - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3825

So your choice is to use third party software (like Nikon) until Apple releases support or shoot JPEG

LN

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Yer_Man

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Oct 17, 2010 10:55 PM in response to Hamilton P

The Raw from every model of camera is different. Note: that's every model not every brand. So, the NEF produced by a Nikon D40 is not the same as the NEF produced by a D60, the CR2 produced by a Canon 350 is not the same as the CR2 produced by a Canon 400.

Therefore the Raw for every camera model needs to be added individually.

Regards

TD

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Oct 18, 2010 7:58 AM in response to Hamilton P

The D7000 can save 2 file formats, NEF and JPEG for the same shot. Shoot both formats until LightRoom and Capture NX2 update their programs for this new model camera's NEF files. Then you will have one for now and one for later.

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ooMikeoo

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Dec 28, 2010 10:10 PM in response to Hamilton P

I'm in the same boat here. What I've done so far is to use Adobe DNG Converter (free) to convert the NEF to DNG. Then drag the folder with the DNG files into iPhoto.

With another batch of files I converted to DNG, then did the sorting and editing in Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw. Then converted the whole bunch to jpg and imported them into iPhoto. I also imported only the highest rated DNG images. (Note that any Camera Raw processing will not be used by iPhoto, but it remains in the DNG file)

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