Inability to import

I have 3 Canon EOS cameras:
1DS, 1DS Mark II, and Digital Rebel XT
When I import images directly from the each camera, everything is fine.
When I import images from the Rebel or the Mark II, where I have added metadata using Photo Mechanic or Downloader Pro, Aperture does not recognize the file format. "Unsupported Image Format" is displayed when these imported images are selected. With the 1DS, Aperture has no problem with these 2nd Generation files.
Since I have used either Downloader Pro, or Photo Mechanic to embed metadata in my images for the past couple of years this means that most of my images are unaccessable with Aperture.
Is anyone else in this situation?
I hope this is an oversight on Apple's part, and is relatively easy to correct.
dual g5 2ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Jack,
No, Aperture is unaware of the metadata, even though I can view it in any of the RAW data software I have.
By design, Aperture seems to treat RAW files as if it is the first software ever to see them.
Therefore, by design, Aperture cannot be used in a workflow that uses:
1. A more efficient tool for metadata insertion. (Like PhotoMechanic or Downloader Pro, etc.).
2. DxO Optics to reduce chromatic aberation and distortion (unless you convert to TIFF and leave the RAW file out of the Aperture library)
3. A better RAW converter (unless you leave the RAW file out the Aperture library)
4. An existing library of RAW images which have embedded metadata (unless you want to reannotate 10's of thousands of images).
None the less, for sorting through and evaluating a shoot of several hundred images, I haven't used anything that touches it.
Hopefully Apple will address these issues sooner than later so that I can do more than fool around with Aperture.
Jeff
dual g5 2ghz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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