Nikon Coolpix vs. iPhoto: Photos Black Out After Editing

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Nikon Coolpix vs. iPhoto: Photos Black Out After Editing

Photos imported from Nikon Coolpix retain image but show 0 MB once they are edited in iPhoto. This happens more often than not, and there appears to be no consistency as to why and when it happens. This does not happen with other cameras I use, and appears to be independent of the memory card used.

I'm less concerned as to *why* it happens and more concerned to find a solution to the problem.

MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 6, 2013 6:22 PM

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Yer_Man

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Feb 6, 2013 10:49 PM in response to grainnekit

This bug hits Nikon cameras only, and hits them only on very few installations. We've seen maybe 5 or 6 reports of it on here in the last couple of years. Can you confirm the version of the OS and iPhoto that you have?

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grainnekit Author

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Feb 7, 2013 11:43 AM in response to grainnekit

OS 10.5.8 (Leopard)

iPhoto = 7.1.5 (378)

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Yer_Man

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Feb 7, 2013 12:34 PM in response to grainnekit

In my experience no run running OS 10.7 or iPhoto 09 reports this issue. I know of no fix apart from purchasing the upgrades.

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Feb 7, 2013 3:57 PM in response to grainnekit

Are these black and white images?

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grainnekit Author

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Feb 7, 2013 8:15 PM in response to Keith Barkley

Original Images are all in color. When Working in the editor, they appear to be ok. Then, when I escape back to the event, the image appears but the size immediately goes from the original to zero. When I go back to the editor, the image becomes all black and only reappears intact when I choose "revert to original". Bottom line appears to be that I will have to upgrade my system. Oh well.

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Jul 16, 2013 8:41 AM in response to grainnekit

I am having the same problem. I am using a new point and shoot Nikon and not my old Canon. I make minor edits and the image becomes 0kbs, zero kilobytes. I upgraded to Snow Lepard and the problem persists. I will now upgrade from iPhoto 8 to 11 and see what happens.

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