Aperture and Fuji Finepix S3 Pro

Michel,

The Fuji S3 RAW format is not currently supported by OSX/Aperture.

Sam

Unbelieveable! I use an S2 and needless to say it is a popular camera amongst pro and more but Apple does not support the Fuji raw file - huh?!

You know:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs.html

The supported RAW formats are right there, on the specifications page.

You know:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs.html

The supported RAW formats are right there, on the
specifications page.

Your point being? It's a pro camera, there is no reason that Apple should not support it for a self proclaimed "PRO" application. The specs only protect Apple from being blamed for not including a feature in their software that basic logic and common sense would be included in the piece of software. Aperture is claimed to be aimed at the pro photographer that wants a completely RAW workflow...but it doesn't support ALL the known RAW formats?! Big mistake on Apple's part...I would expect that they will remedy this problem (since the program is useless unless it supports your RAW files) but I suggest they do it sooner rather then later. I was hopeful at this first update, but, alas, Apple has disappointed again...I figured they would at least include a couple of new RAW extension support.
Anyway, that's my two sense...bottom line, there is no excuse for not supporting all the RAW file formats...or at least as many as Adobe Bridge. Which is far superior to Aperture in this respect.



Mac and PC Mac OS X (10.4.3) Win XP OS

Mac and PC Mac OS X (10.4.3) Win XP OS

My point being twofold:

1) Buying a product without reading the specifications, and then noting that your assumptions were wrong and shouting "Unbelievable!" is silly.

2) There are a lot of RAW formats. If Apple were to support as many as Adobe RAW does today, then Aperture wouldn't be shipping -- it would still have 6 to 12 months of development work to go. So there would be no product. At some point, a feature/functionality choice has to be made. Apple can, by supporting Canon and Nikon RAW files, gets the majority of the pros covered, with just those 2 cameras. The remaining digital SLRs (which is pretty much ALL the other cameras), can come later, if their market shares don't continue to fall.

In an ideal world, sure it would be great if all RAW formats were supported immediately. Unfortunately, there's the practical reality of development time.

Buying a product without reading the
specifications, and then noting that your assumptions
were wrong and shouting "Unbelievable!" is silly.

How silly is it when noting that DNG files are supported and, having successfully converted RAF files to DNG -- which open just fine in PhotoShop -- expecting Aperture to open said DNG files?

Even given the updated compatibility list (which originally included S2 and S3 pro), anyone looking at Aperture's published specs even today could be forgiven for expecting to be able to use Aperture with DNG files created with Adobe's converter from RAF files. That person would find, as I have, that DNG files created from RAF files are not recognized.




G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

How silly is it when noting that DNG files are
supported and, having successfully converted RAF
files to DNG -- which open just fine in PhotoShop --
expecting Aperture to open said DNG files?

I really agree with you on this point - Apple needs to add clarification around the very limited DNG support it offers.

Frankly I do not think a product should claim DNG support at all if it does not support the linear DNG option, as that is supposed to be a baseline. Certainly they cannot claim full DNG support with what they have now but the website implies that they do.

Since such support should be pretty easy to add I'm really hoping to see that in the next OS update. Probably easier than changing the references in the website...