Q: Aperture support to FUJI X20 RAW format

Olivier,

what is your Aperture version? And is your profile signature Mac OS X (10.4.10), still current?

All cameras currently supported by Aperture 3.4.3 are listed here:

           Apple - Aperture - Technical Specifications - RAW Support

There are not yet many supported Fuji cameras. Even when the raw support for your new camera will be released, it will probably only be available for the newest Aperture version, not for older versions compatible with Mac OS X (10.4.10).

Regards

Léonie

If your camera's raw  cannot be supported, you might consider to convert the raw to another lossless format, Tiff, PSD, or DNG - using the software that comes with your camera, and to use these converted images in Aperture.

Olivier,

In the meantime... I'll remain waiting...

it might not hurt, to use the feedback form and to write Apple to try to speed things up:

Apple - Aperture - Feedback

Fujifilm

• FinePix S2 Pro
• FinePix S3 Pro
• FinePix S5 Pro
• FinePix X100**

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5371

The new raw support 4.05  is announced: Now you can be happy  , Olivier. Goto Software Update:

Supported by Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.05*

Fujifilm X20

Fujifilm X100S

Fujifilm X-E1

Fujifilm X-Pro1

Cheers

Léonie

Hi

I've just bought a Fujifilm FinePix F900EXR.

Is the RAW format of this camera compatible with the other Fuji's raw format (see list above) so I can use it with Aperture?

Thanks.

Each camera has an individual raw format, that needs to be recognized by the raw support. If the camera is not on the list, it will not work with Aperture:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5371

I'm afraid my new camera isn't on this list (yet)!

Is there any chance that the list will be updated soon?

Or is there a converter app for creating an Aperture compatible RAW format (DNG?)?

Try the free adobe dng-converter:

Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Macintosh

I don't know, if it supports your camera yet, but usually Adobe is pretty quick with new raw support.

And if the software that came with your camera has a raw converter, use that to develope the raw. Tiff will be nearly as good as dng, only need more storage.

Apple has just started to support Fuji cameras, so it it hard to predict, how long it will take, till your camera will be supported. You may want to shoot raw+jpeg and use the jpeg as original, until your camera will be supported, and later switch to the raw original.

Regards

Léonie

leonieDF wrote:

 

Try the free adobe dng-converter:

 

Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter : For Macintosh

 

I don't know, if it supports your camera yet, but usually Adobe is pretty quick with new raw support.

Thanks, the latest version has it:

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5568

And if the software that came with your camera has a raw converter, use that to develope the raw. Tiff will be nearly as good as dng, only need more storage.

I will check if this exists and if it supports the latest Mountain Lion version. But as far as I remember Windows is more supported. It could be that they offer a "converter" jsut to *view* the RAW files...

You may want to shoot raw+jpeg and use the jpeg as original, until your camera will be supported, and later switch to the raw original.

That's what I thought too in the first place. Luckily I have a 64GB SDXC card.

Thanks again.

Hmmm... now I noticed the following:

When shooting in "RAW + JPG" (aspect ratio set to "16:9") with my Fuji F900EXR I get the following dimensions:

RAW: 4608 × 3456 pixel (same size when converted to TIFF using the Fuji app)

JPG: 4608 × 2592 pixel (of course this is 16:9)

After converting using Adobe dng-converter (link above) I get:

DNG: 3248 × 2436 pixel

What's wrong? Why does Adobe reduce the size?

(BTW: Why is DNG better than TIFF?)

Thanks.

Because DNG is quasi-raw. It has no white balance "baked in" and preserves the full bit-depth.

Keith Barkley wrote:

 

Because DNG is quasi-raw. It has no white balance "baked in" and preserves the full bit-depth.

I see, but why is the size reduced from 4608 × 3456 (RAW) to 3248 × 2436 (DNG)...?

I only answered the question I know the answer to. 8^)

You will have to contact Adobe for the other...

I found this info on http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/ :

"DNG files must be generated by the Adobe DNG Converter with the “Convert to Linear Image” option turned off."

How can I turn this option off?