My Nikon D300 Works Fine --
Although I have used Lightroom since Beta 3, Aperture 2.0 seemed to offer some interesting links to a number of Apple applications. The only problem was the amount of information here which seemed to indicate the D300 wasn't supported by Aperture 2.0. Before I plunked down $200 I wanted to beat on the program to make my own comparison with my tried and true Lightroom. I talked with Apple's tech support and was assured my D300 was compatible with Aperture 2.0. Well, they are right! I uploaded a shoot from yesterday and had no problem -- except my own learning process with Aperture. Apple told me the D300 works only with Leopard 10.5.2 and the new graphics patch that comes after the Big Update. Unfortunately, it appears there will be no support for Ap 2.0 under Tiger. I'm currently using Leopard very tentatively on a separate hard drive on the MacPro. Until I feel Leopard is solid enough, I'll continue to do the majority of my photography work on Tiger -- Let's see what Aperture does for the process.
Yes, Complete Newbie, I too read that support post and it was Not my intention to start a debate over this issue. I was simply reporting the information I got from Apple - right or wrong - and my own experience using Leopard with both of the current updates. There have been numerous posts here by people who have had problems with both the D3 and D300 not rendering images under Aperture 2.0. Apparently your experience with either of these cameras has been successful - Lucky us. Were you able to accomplish this using Tiger? As I said from the outset, I wanted to use Aperture 2.0 along side Lightroom to give me a real life comparison before (or if) I bit the bullet. Given the posts indicating problems with the D300, I didn't want to install the trial version (under my Leopard drive) only to find I couldn't use it with my primary camera.
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Hmm... well, why would I want to buy a separate card reader, pull the card from my D300, put it in the reader, get it read, put it out of the reader and put it back in the D300?
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Because Apple screwed up their latest raw bundle? I'd rather not take the card out of my D300.
So, no, I haven't tried an external card reader and don't intend to buy one either.
that's your choice, we're just trying to help u out.
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As every body knows it doesn't work with raw pics. and it is very but VERY MUCH UPSETTING AND DISAPPOINTED. But in the last topic a lot of people talk about this and one of the answer was that one of the Aperture team member got involved in the answers can anybody tell me where to look that answer, because I am keeping sending mails to those guys and nobody have answer me back with at least a sorry word for the inconvenience,so I will like to know from those guys what they think of this and when they think the update will be available to download.
One more thing I heard not sure, but I have a photographer friend that he is using the new CS3 and download the last plug-in and is working fine with his new NIkon D300( which is amazing by the way) and raw pics. so probably that is the way to go now having the delayed with aperture.Agreed, I have all but given up, I have shot my first wedding of the year on my D300, the couple are away on honeymoon and i have 2 weeks to sort the previews. So i am waiting to see if Apple release the update this week, if not then I am off to pastures greener, Apple's secrecy with Aperture is going to be its ultimate downfall, i think they need to catch up with the times,
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I think many people would have waited if Apple gave us some idea of what it was up to! -
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