RAW support for Nikon D7100
When will Apple update RAW file support for Nikon D7100?
Aperture 3, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Can iPhoto 9 (from Ilife 9 on snow leopard) open .dng files which DNG converter will create?
thanks
-kamal
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Evanxu,
RAW support is integrated into Mac OS X. When Apple releases an OS update that also includes RAW file support for new cameras all applications that process RAW files are subsequently enabled. As a Nikon user since the D300, I've seen previous RAW file support from Apple for new cameras within a month or two of a new Nikon. It makes sense that Apple most likely releases RAW supoport for Mac OS X in batches, and not every time a new camera hits the market. Since the D7100 began shipping the week of March 18, I don't expect a Mac OS X update that inlcudes RAW file support for the new Nikon until April or May. This is merely the nature of the beast. I only shoot in RAW, so I'll wait on my purchase of the D7100 untill it's supported in Mac OS X.
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Not sure about iPhoto 9, but my installation of iPhoto 11 (which says it's version 9.4.3) will import a dng file I prepared from a raw file taken with my D7100. Of course once you have Digital Camera Raw 4.0.6 or later, going through a dng is not necessary.
It looks like iPhoto'11 is available for snow leopard. Is it possible to upgrade to iphoto '11 onto my imac and then access nikon d7100's raw files? Also, if I use exiftool to change the model on the raw files to nikon d5100, will that make the raw files compatible?
thanks
-kamal
RAW support for Nikon D7100