No Nikon D300 Support in Aperture?

I installed OS 10.5.2 and then tried to import some Nikon D300 Compressed Raw files into Aperture. They will not work! After import it says "unsupported format." What am I doing wrong?
Kevin

Same issue with Nikon D3. I installed the Leopard Graphics update after the 10.5.2 update but still got "Unsupported Format" If Aperture is truly targeted at a "Professional" market, then it should support professional cameras in a timely fashion. I am revisiting my workflow decision.

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LR2 - Nikon D300s support?

Does anyone know how quickly LR2 (or ACR) is typically updated to support new digital SLRs? I've got around a hundred NEFs on my shiny new D300s and I've got no way to process them yet
-marius

I've just encountered this issue myself... not being able to read files from my brand-spanking-new D300s in Lightroom ("What," the wife asks, "you didn't research that first?" Well, umm... no, duh...).
At first I thought there was a problem with the card I was using. Now I see it's more basic than that. But I'm relieved to learn that the files are going to be OK when I finally get them off the card.
So I can convert them to DNGs and open those in Lightroom. I haven't quite decided how I feel about DNGs -v- NEFs but I'll come back to this thread in the morning and read some more on the subject.
In the meantime, just this question: I'm assuming that the 5.5 version of ACR that's being discussed here is not a 'stand alone', and that it requires Photoshop CS4 to work, right?
Which would not be a problem, except that I'm perfectly happy with CS3 for the time being, and haven't determined an upgrade path yet to CS4 (there are so many versions, so many upgrades, I'm not sure what I"m eligible for, etc).
Anyway, I'm just relieved that my files are OK, I can probably wait a while longer LR2.5
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How does LR 1.3.1 support Nikon D300 Active D-Lighting?

Is somebody able to explain in which way if at all LR 1.3.1 supports the ACTIVE D-Lighting facility of the new Nikon D300?
The user manual explains that this function works directly on the RAW file and not on the jpeg like the normal D-Lighting of the D300, therefore I guess LR supports this function in some ways.
In some german photo forums there are discussions going on if it works at all and if it works how it could work, unfortunately nobody really knows anything precise about it, just too much guesswork.
I would be very happy if it anybody, hopefully from the development team, could shed some light into this topic.
If LR doesn't support it, would it be better to shoot in jpeg fine with the active D-Lighting function switched on and do the required changes in LR based on jpeg instead of RAW?
Thanks a lot, Andreas.

It doesn't. The way that feature works on the RAW file is that it simply underexposes a little. Otherwise it is basically the same RAW file. The magic is all in the RAW processing. You can get the same effect on the RAW data by decreasing the ISO while keeping shutter and aperture constant. SInce Lightroom cannot read the tag in the RAW file that says, this is a active lighting image, it just interprets it as any other RAW file. I think someone from the ACR team posted on this ages ago in the ACR forum when the D300 came out. In general, do not expect Lightroom or ACR to use any of the camera maker's proprietary features if you shoot RAW. The active D-lighting effect is basically similar to the shadows, recovery and clarity control combined in an automatic adjustment. So you can mimic it yourself if you want.

RAW files from my Nikon Df (NEF) will not display in Lightroom. Same format from Nikon D300s works. Camera firmware is current. Df RAW (NEF) files display in Nikon software products, not in Apple software (Aperture or iPhoto).

RAW files from my Nikon Df (NEF) will not display in Lightroom. Same format from Nikon D300s works. Camera firmware is current. Df RAW (NEF) files display in Nikon software products, not in Apple software (Aperture or iPhoto).

http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html
The above list show the current camera models supported by Adobe Camera Raw (plugin for PS CC) and Lightroom 5.3.
You will see that the Df Raw support was provided in the latest version of LR 5.3. Support for the D300s was introduced in LR 2.5. (the NEF files are different.)
Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw can only be updated after the camera manufacturer has produced the camera and made it publicly available. If you are using an earlier version of Lightroom then that is your problem.
Please post details of the version you are using at present.

Aperture 2 - Nikon D300S RAW

I really love using Aperture 2 over Lightroom for a while... Just until I just bought a Nikon D300S. Apple doesn't support the Nikon D300S RAW format (yet). The people at Adobe responded far more quickly and already have a free update. Does anybody have an idea when Apple will release it's new RAW update including the Nikon D300S? Is there a workaround in the mean time to be able to work with the RAW format in Aperture (not switching to LR)?

The D300s was released in September 2009. Now we have December and there is still no support for the Nikon D300s!!
I love Aperture, I am a Certified Aperture Pro. After four months of non-supporting my RAW-Files I am going to switch to Lightroom... what a pity!
I hope that no one of Apple's staff wonders why people uses LR more often....
Goodbye Aperture, hello Lightroom!
It's really, really sad.
Greets,
Holger
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Nikon D300S Raw Support

Please, Apple.....
Why so slow when it comes to RAW support for new professional camera models? Nearly a month ago, Nikon has updated one of their best selling pro DX-cameras - the D300, with the D300S model.
Adobe promptly released RAW-support for this camera..... while Aperture still greet images from the Nikon D300S as "Unsupported File Format"?
I am aware of the work-around with the use of Adobe´s converter (or Nikon Transfer) but it is still an inconvenience and bug in our workflow.
So, (pretty) please, Apple – why don´t you keep an eye on the camera market and follow up with timely updates of Aperture RAW support!
M. B.

Ahh the omni-present "when will Aperture support" thread....
I just thought of a great way to make some money here...I would be willing to bet just about anything that Aperture would support ALL Nikon DSLRs that Nikon continues to build...WHY?
Simply because when it comes to Nikon they have done so consistently. Those new to the forum can search D300 support or D3 support and see identical messages from a couple of years ago.
I would say Apple's average to respond to a new build is about 90 days, and then they typically release for a few cameras at once in an update.
Oh and finally, Nikon's top-of-the-line is my D3x, NOT the new D3s, and yes, Aperture supports it. I am 100% sure the D3s will be there soon as well.
Of course you can find this same thread from a while back if you search D3x. Less so though, because due to limited availability I was not able to get one for a while after announcement since I did not pre-order, so I think for me it was about a week or so after I had it that Aperture supported it. Lesson here would be pre-ordering a camera is not very useful if your workflow solution won't be supporting it immediately.
On a sad note...I am still waiting for the Leica D-LUX 4 support, and that has been more than a year...but it looks like Leica/Panasonic chose to include lens distortion data in their RAW file, and I am assuming Aperture is not equipped to handle that. Many of the programs who "support" the RAW file DO NOT have any lens correction applied, and the jpg vs. RAW looks different. I don't consider that support, and I bet Aperture did not want to open themselves up to complaints by only partially converting the RAW data. Fortunately the D-LUX 4 has the best jpgs I have ever seen from any camera, and are typically quite usable without major tweaking.

Latest iPhoto Update Supports Nikon D300?!?

what the heck? a reader over at MacFixIt.com is reporting that the latest update to iPhoto includes support for the Nikon D300 RAW format. i will confirm this when i get home later tonight. the update to iPhoto does not bring support for the D300 to Aperture however.
ugh.
here's the link:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20080206094730580

First, this is all nonofficial information people have cobbled together on their own - no offical Apple dates etc.. Unfortunately Apple doesn't say anything about anything unreleased so the users are forced to do this...
According to this article (http://www.hardmac.com/news/2008-01-24/#7656), the OS X 10.5.2 update beta does have support for the new Nikons.
When the OS X update is let out into the wild, your D300 RAWs should be recognized. Estimates on the non official boards that track the beta OS X updates are guestimating for a release in a couple of weeks (presuming nothing horrible pops up in the newer betas).
What you do if your running Tiger (OS X 10.4.x) has, like everything else, not been addressed by Apple. Hopefully Apple won't leave those users hanging...as there are not any reports of a 10.4.12 update...it makes you wonder what Apple will do.
This will be a continuing problem Apple will have every time a new DSLR is released (which is pretty much constantly), unless they change their processes for RAW def creation/distribution. This problem probably has to be recognized and considered important by someone higher than the Lightroom Program Manager (since the defs are in the OS, I'm guessing they're the OS X managers responsiblity) and my suspicion is that the overlord of OS X could care less about when these things get out.

Using Aperture with an external Hard Drive and my new camera (Nikon D300s)

I have an older MacBook pro- basically had option upgrade comp or camera- went with the new Nikon D300s... my pro was maxed out so a friend helped me transfer my library to my external Harddrive (had a tra- after transfer of my library looking at only 721mb left (just a few photos)) but here is the issue- we have it set up when i load my cards that they go right to the external- but two things happen- my raw photos show as 'unsupported format' AND I can't figure out how to edit.... seriously so frustrated I am ready to go with a micro-puker computer and photoshop... this is NUTS! any help... o and I run AP 2 and I ain't dumping any more money in apple until they can show me they are working again... this is eating my profits!

Well... I am going to say I am not ashamed to admit that I am not 100% sure. I basically gave my computer to my friend who is a computer guru as I was trying to download my first shoot with my new camera and I got a "not enough memory" message- and kinda freaked out.
I have a WD external HD so it is mac friendly-
I don't know how he moved it-- I know he said when he set it up to transfer it took close to 14 hours as it is USB (I know I can and should get a firewire port for it) - and to be truthful I don't know if it is referenced or managed. I know that I plug in the external and make sure it shows in on my computer then plug in my card reader and when i plug in my CF card... aperture opens and I set up a new project and it saves to the hard drive... yet is still showing on my aperture lib- so I am confused... and of course my "free" apple care ran out 6 months ago so I can't just call them or drive to denver and have them show me the solution... and I need one as I have a HUGE photo job in like 4 days

Aperture 3 tethered with Nikon D300 trouble

I've been having trouble shooting tethered with Aperture 3 and the Nikon D300. It works for a few shots then it jams with the spinning wheel until i have to force quit. Also the inspector column gets messed up with type over type. I'm assuming apple will issue an update for this but i'm not very impressed. I have been using Capture one, trial version in the meantime to get by until a fix arrives and it has been working fine. Nice fast captures and no BS. <Edited By Host>

I gave up with shooting tethered in Aperture 3. I now use Capture one 5 Pro from phase one. I use Aperture for the image adjustment because i like the built in retouch tools and the image management (although my search does not work in Aperture 3, waiting for an update). I'm not impressed with Apple software right now.
Capture one works flawless tethered, the fastest importing i've ever had and didn't take long to get used to the focus tools etc. Try the 30 day free trial and you'll see. When I'm done a shooting session, i just drag the capture folder (with the NEF files) onto a flash drive and import them into Aperture for adjustment.

Latest Camera Raw 2.3 + Aperture 2.1.2 + Nikon D300 = broken import?

After installing the latest camera raw update to version 2.3, it seems I can no longer import raw files from my Nikon D300 into Aperture when the D300 is set for USB Mass Storage, which I always used. When trying to do so, the first sign that something is wrong is the "Import" button in the Import dialog that doesn't show the number of selected pictures. It always show "Import All". Then, if I select all pictures or some of them, the Import dialog disappears as usual but then the completed import dialog appears immediately and says that 0 pictures have been imported. When checking the project where I wanted to import, there are indeed no pictures.
I then tried to import in iPhoto and it worked just fine. I reverted to Camera Raw Update 2.1, and had no problem.
I was able to import from the D300 when I set its USB connection to be MTP/PTP but no thumbnails appear in the import dialog, no matter if I shot RAW or RAW+JPEG.
So, anybody else noticed that?
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NemesysSoft wrote:
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?
typically photographers carry and shoot with multiple cards and then use card readers to get the photos into aperture
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.
a fw800 card reader will be much faster importing than the camera,
if the camera settings changed at least you'll be able to get your photos into aperture.
btw, i have the same camera as you d300 and i've imported well over 100,000 photos (in the last week) since the last update, without a hitch (Camera Raw 2.3 + Aperture 2.1.2 + Nikon D300)
victor

Aperture suddenly displaying "unsupported format" for Nikon D300s RAW files

I am using Aperture 3.1.3 on my iMac 24 with Snow Leopard 10.6.8.   A couple of days ago I applied an update for Aperture RAW files that was in my update list, even though I don't use any of the cameras involved.
After that update Aperture gives me an "unsupported format" error on all my Nikon D300s RAW files. Every RAW file in the library. I have never had a problem with this at any time over the last 2+ years of using Aperture.
I have tried using time machine and rolling Aperture back to the end of July (my most recent backup) along with rolling back the RAW file plist. I then did a repair permissions, and reimported the photos after this. I have rebooted numerous times. All to no avail. I have not yet tried a library rebuild that would be next if I must.
I use a Referenced library, so I was able to check out individual RAW files with Adobe Camera RAW.   They open fine so there is no file corruption issue.
Any thoughts on what might be happening? Any other file(s) associated with RAW conversion that I might need to roll back?   I do not see any mention of a problem like this when searching the web or the forum (although I may have missed something by not searching the correct terms).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The raw camera bundle is /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle
Go to /System/Library/CoreServices with the Finder, locate the the RawCamera.bundle package, select it and then do a File->Get Info on the package. You should have version 3.8.0, that is the latest and the one that you should have downloaded last week. If it is not 3.8.0 stop here and post back what version you do have, something isn't right.
Assuming you have 3.8.0 use the Finder to navigate to /System/Library/CoreServices and then delete the RawCamera.bundle package. The Finder will ask you to authorize the delete.
Then go to Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.7 download and install it. That will put you back to the last CameraRaw update before this one.
See if that fixes your problem.
As always when messing around with system files it is possible to mess things up so make sure you have a good backup before proceeding, And if any of these instructions make you nervous you might want to hold off doing them.
good luck

Aperture Nikon D300 RAW: 4304×2852 instead of 4288 × 2848?

Aperture 2.0 seems to squeeze extra pixels out of my Nikon D300 RAW files compared to Capture NX.
This messes up Apertures "+auto detection & import+" of RAW+JPG sets when you generate the JPGs using Capture NX. No problem when using the JPGs the camera created: Aperture silently imports those JPGs alongside the RAWs so you can "Generate Version from Master JPG"
Where do these extra pixels come from, and is this "feature" unique to decoding of D300 files?

Well both a pain and a blessing
I used to shoot RAW+JPG and whenever I felt my JPGs were good I just used 'New Version From Master JPG' and select that one as the pick.
I just imported a bunch of RAWs from a directory in which I also placed the batched Capture JPGs and Aperture was able to 'auto-stack' them by 2. A pitty the order of the first image isn't always the JPG...
I'm not sure which RAW+JPG workflow is better at the moment

Aperture refuses to import from Nikon D300

After Yesterdays update Aperture refuse to import RAW files from my Nikon D300 as it did before. I get the message "0 images has been imported...".
I can import to iPhoto and them export to Aperture so the RAW files seems OK.
And I can still import JPEGS from my small Canon IS850 directly to Aperture
Larsan

I am doubting this has to do with updating to Aperture 2.1.2, but rather might be related to Camera RAW 2.3 -- what version of Camera RAW have you installed?
In the a topic about auto-rotation here, there are confirmed problems with not only auto-rotation, but also recognizing as duplicates any images remaining on the card that have previously been imported. The auto-rotation problem, at least in the Previews, is common to both Aperture and iPhoto 08, so clearly points to CRAW 2.3.
We need to see if your experience might also be related to CRAW 2.3. I am having no problem importing from a card reader with cards used in my D200 and D300 cameras, however, other than those mentioned in that topic.
Ernie
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Viewing Nikon D300 images in finder

Hi, Is there anyone out there using Nikon D300 with Mac Book Pro under OSX 10.5.1?
Can you see the thumbnails? Can you see the NEF, TIFF, or PSD files in Finder?
How do you view your photos?
In Finder, if you click on one single pictures, does it close down your external drive and put you back in a clean desktop?
Is there a fix? Is there a work around?
Please help.
Yes: it works find in LR and PS, but what about Finder and iphoto / email?

The issue should only occur if you shoot raw. Currently OS X can only display/read certain RAW camera formats. These are OS level, meaning iPhoto, Preview, Mail, Aperture and others are effected. However adobe products are different because they use Adobe Camera RAW.
I would expect JPEGs TIFFs and PSDs, both thumbnails and files, to view fine. RAW files will not view from the D300, but the D200 is supported.
There is no way of knowing when support for the (not-so-)new files will be available. Rumor has it it will be 10.5.2, but only Apple knows that. You can head on over to the Aperture forum and read to see if some have work-arounds.

How can i import raw files into iphoto from my Nikon D300?

Just got a Nikon D300, and it will import jpg and tff, but not raw (nef) files-i prefer iphoto to their software- Nikon says to try talking to apple to find a way to do it- does anyone know any info that can help? I need to decide if I am keeping the camera-from other posts it doesn't look like buying aperture will help either- thanks.

I would not ditch a camera because of this! If you like the camera, there will always be a way to import Canikon RAW files, though you may need to do some upgrading, and it may take some time for Apple to support a new camera.
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