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Posted 20 March 2008 - 09:38 AM

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Posted 20 March 2008 - 09:56 AM

This is great news, but what about RAW support for Canon's 40D? Has this been released yet? I checked on the Apple site but couldn't find anything about this.
The Nikon D60 is a much newer camera than the Canon 40D so I'd really like to see Apple support it.
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Posted 20 March 2008 - 10:05 AM

Thank You Apple! I've been waiting for this update as I want the Nikon D60. Guess I will be spending my tax return after all.
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Posted 20 March 2008 - 11:21 AM

The 40D was supported with Apple's last raw update, which happened at about the same time Aperture 2 was released.
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Posted 20 March 2008 - 11:48 AM

Great to see that RAW updates are no longer tied to OS updates. This should help them keep pace with new camera releases much better.
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Posted 20 March 2008 - 02:26 PM

Peter: I just checked again on Apple's site and in the previous digital camera update 1.01 lists the 400D (either the Japanese or UK version of the Canon XTi) not the 40D. After 2 checks on the Apple site I can't find any info that RAW support for the 40D has ever been included. I'd love to be wrong, so can you direct me to the actual update that contains it?
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Posted 20 March 2008 - 03:18 PM

Strange that the three Pentaxes have all been out for some time. The *ist cameras were discontinued like two years ago, replaced with the original K100D and K110D. I think the K100D Super has been out at least six months.

That said, I agree that it is a good sign that we are seeing more frequent RAW updates. I am personally inclined to think this is a positive impact of competition with Adobe (i.e., don't want to lose too many photographers to Lightroom), but it could just be that Apple finally gets it.
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Posted 21 March 2008 - 07:38 AM

What photographer, in his right mind, would use iPhoto (any release) to work on RAW files? Aperture and Lightroom are the bare minimum you should work on those files with. You're best off using Photoshop [CS3] to work on them. I've never had an issue working on my RAW files from either my 40D or my newer 1D Mark III in Photoshop. I simply copy them from the media card to the computer, then open within Photoshop... Tweak them as I need/desire, then save them as the file format of my choice...
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Posted 21 March 2008 - 08:38 AM

Huh? Aperture and OS X support the 40D:
http://www.apple.com.../specs/raw.html
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