Nikon RAW = NRW for P7100 missing

The new Nikon P7100 apparently uses another NRW-format as the "older" Nikon P7000. The actual versions of iPhoto and Aperture (under Lion) are not able to open these files ! Adobe Lightroom users are provided at the start of the camera with an RAW-update. It is not the first time that Apple developer for Aperture and iPhote are sleeping very well !

Adobe Photo Shop has just released updated RAW specifications that support NRW RAW format for the P7100.  That means you can work around by going to Photo Shop or Photo Shop elements to do initial RAW processing and then back in to Aperture with a compatible format.
Although the NRW format is larger, than even the previous Nikon NER RAW format, there is more information that adds flexibility to opening up the Dinamic Range of a shot withour having to do the full monty HDR shooting process and offers other post production flexibilities.  That means that you can open up the stop range for highlight and shadows a bit more without inducing noise prematurely.
The only reason for shooting RAW in any format is to capture as much "unprocessed" sensor information as possible.  Converting to DNG or any of the Photo Shop formats to one that are useable by Aperture defeats that purpose and by inference makes the point for just shooting JPG Fine resolution if you want to settle for Aperture's limitations.
Of course that reduces the fexibiliy of post production image processing and makes Aperture less useful as an appliccation for serious advanced amature or semi pro use.  Actually Aperture might be falling behind the latest iteration of Photo Shop Elements.
It is clear that Apple's Aperture Team does not follow the old Hertz phylosophy of if your Number 2 you have to try harder and be faster.  Seems likke the Apreture team is comfortable with number 2.  Sound a lot like MobileMe which by our lost Steve Jobs "was not our finest hour."

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