Aerture and D3X NEF files

Hi, can anyone help?
I have just bought a Nikon D3x and find that Aperture 2 cannot open the files.
Does anyone know if there is an update in the offing or if there is a work-a-round?
I really don't want to get into using Nikon Capture.
I also have CS2 but I guess there's no chance of help there.

i have to disagree with you there. lately, support has been very timely. within 2 weeks of real availability of the 5d mark ii, apple had support for it. as a matter of fact, i got mine here in one of the first batches to make it to portugal, and 2 days later, the raw update came out. that's very good for me. non-pro cameras like some compacts used by pros tend to take longer to be supported.
regarding your problems with the raw files: if adobe camera raw comes out with an update, you can use the dng converter to convert the nefs to dng and use them in aperture, but i don't think adobe has support for the camera either.
j

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