Q: panasonic lumix dmc fz40 shooting RAW and will not import to iphoto 11

OS X Lion: Supported digital camera RAW formats

You might be able to import them by using the free Adobe DNG Converter to convert them to DNG format first. No guarantees. If that doesn't work, look around for other third-party RAW converters, some of which are free, that support your camera. Convert the images to JPEG or TIFF format and import.

Shoot JPEG untilyou find a RAW converted - the software that came with your camera should do the conversion

LN

Adobe Photoshop elements should do it:

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/407/kb407111.html

and PSE makes a good complement to iPhoto