Please Apple! Bring Sigma RAW support!

Not sure how to make you listen, but I know it can't be too hard for you. The SD series is getting bigger. The SD14 is out and now the DP1 is on it's way. Please give us RAW support!
Today we're forced to use Adobe Lightroom or Sigmas own RAW developer but we love Your software. Let us too be able to join the fun!
The crowd is getting bigger.

At PMA I and another Sigma user ran into a few Apple guys at the Sigma booth - one of them was from the OS imaging division (basically the guys that work on the RAW conversion aspect of OS X).
They seemed pretty impressed by the print they were looking at - we talked to them a bit about the camera and suggested they should contact Foveon who would be more than willing to help them out. They seemed to be receptive to this idea, though he did say that at the moment the OS X code was heavily optimized to processing bayer images. It does seem like they will take another look at the idea of support now that the new camera is out.
My hope was always that some time this year they would add support for the SD-14, now that the more popular cameras are well covered...
If Joe Schor is still reading these forums, please pass along our desire to see a SD-14/DP-1 RAW image support - Foveon can help, and it would make life easier for a lot of us!

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  • [Consolidation-Locked] Please add RAW support for the Nikon D600 to Lightroom as soon as possible!

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    Message title was edited by: Brett N
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