GH2 rw2 Aperture preprocessing CRUSHED & Green

DEAR DEVELOPERS @APPLE!

Please hurry up with your Lumix GH-2-Update for Aperture 3! For whatever reason the last update failed for this cam. But thousands of GH-2 had been sold in the meantime. More than some of them are still waiting for your update!

THX

Marc

Apple isn't here. You can get in touch with Apple using the Feedback button in Aperture.


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Allan


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fwiw, My GH2 raws open on PS CS5 no problem. It may take apple awhile to issue a fix, considering they already "support" the GH2 via the newest raw update. I love the Gh2, great camera.

Same thing happening for me (GH2 raw files looking dark and yellow/green in aperture and other parts of snow leopard) - you'd think they would test this stuff when they add a GH2 Raw Compatibility update

Sent in feedback but as Apple takes their sweet time it helps to check here to see if anyone has a solution. I tried the Adobe DNG Converter to convert the GH2 RW2 file but Aperture does not recognize the resulting DNG. So, I installed Panasonic's SILKYPIX software which works but is annoying to use and means importing giant TIFFs into Aperture.

It's ironic how we used to struggle with different file formats back in the pre-internet days, but in many ways it is no better now with the big companies refusing to work together. I am so tired of it.

Has anyone even got acknowledgement from Apple that they're aware of the issue?

My newly purchased Aperture is pretty useless without properly rendered RAW files, and it sounds like nobody with a GH2 is able to get RAW to render properly in iPhoto or Aperture.

They should at least admit that GH2 is not yet a supported camera.

I wish Apple would communicate better but that's not their way. Raw file conversion has always been a weakness of using Apple photo apps. The raw converter is updated infrequently and Apple can take many months to incorporate a new model. Forums are full of photographers asking when their camera will be supported long after Adobe has updated their converter. Some have probably been driven to Lightroom for that reason.

The GH2 happened to be included quickly in Apple's "supported cameras," even before most people got their hands on one, but as we discovered does not work. Curiously, Apple apps do not seem to accept GH2 files run through Adobe's DNG converter, either. I'm afraid all we can do it be patient. It will get fixed but your guess is as good as mine as to when. In the meantime I use Silkypix which does a reasonable job but is a pain to use.