Canon RAW Files - Aperture 2

I am currently running:
OS X version 10.6.2 on my MacBook Pro.
Aperture 2 version 2.1.4. I use a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera.
As you know Canon has RAW, sRAW1 and sRAW2 formats.
When I try to open Cannon sRAW1 files in the Browser, Aperture hangs. In the Browser there appears a brick-red screen over the photo (icon) on which it says "Unsupported Image format". I bought Aperture because it was highly recommended. I did not expect this snag. Any one here know how to overcome this.
I am new to Mac and new to Aperture!
Mano

SteelQuill wrote:
As you know Canon has RAW, sRAW1 and sRAW2 formats.
Even if sRAW was supported, I still don't see the value in it - the whole point of RAW is to have all the information from the sensor when the picture was taken. sRAW throws out information (much like JPEG).
I'd just switch from sRAW to regular RAW. Yes, the files are a little larger, but in the long run they will be far more useful to you. Even if sRAW was supported, which it isn't - so that should be enough of a reason to switch too
Will Adobe's DNG converter support sRAW? If so, you can convert your sRAW to DNG which will then work with Aperture just fine.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4575

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