Initial Nikon D90 observations

As stated in a previous post I recently purchased a Nikon D90 and have played with it this weekend. Tonight I loaded the photos into Aperture and made several observations:
1. for some reason the photos did not appear on the import screen while they were still in the camera. However, the photos did import into Aperture
2. The D90 photos appear to be very soft compared to the Canon G9 photos. This requires more sharping than the G9. I have not been able to find a way to sharpen the photos in D90
3. The sharpening tool in RAW fine tuning doesn't do much. In fact turning all the way up and zooming in I can't tell any changes as I move the sliders back and forth. This requires the use of the Edge Sharpen tool. As stated above, the photos are soft and need some sharpening.
4. The auto exposure is to aggressive making the photos over exposed. I need to turn the effect down after completing the auto exposure.
5. All photos are saved as both RAW and JPG Fine. However, only the RAW files are imported into Aperture. As a result, I am not able to determine the JPG quality and compare to the RAW files. Not sure why only RAW and not JPG's are imported into Aperture.
What observations do others have for the Nikon D90? Do you experience the same issues? What did you do to resolve the issues?
Thanks

ejg999 wrote:
The D90 photos appear to be very soft compared to the Canon G9 photos. This requires more sharping than the G9. I have not been able to find a way to sharpen the photos in D90
Images captured in RAW have not been sharpened so will appear relatively soft. Add sharpening in Aperture as desired.
JPEG images from either camera have sharpening applied as set in the camera menus.
-Allen Wicks

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