Aperture for Raw over Canon

Hello photogs
I have to use my 7D to shoot some photos in the middle of filming a documentary. Just wondering how well Aperture handles Raw over a third party or Canon software?
I will use Aperture as my organization and Photoshop to edit. Just wondering how the workflow and range for Raw was using Aperture to ingest?
Thank You!

Just because it's on the list doesn't mean the conversion will be satisfactory. Worth comparing a RAW import into Aperture with one done using the camera manufacturer's software.
Hope you Canon guys fair better than us Nikon guys
See: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2743961&tstart=0

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