Powershot S50 and Raw.plist

I have had very good results with the Canon Powershot S50 by finding the Canon Powershot S60 entry, and changing the 6 in S60 to a 5. Both cameras have the same sensor. If you have both the S60 and the S50 you will have to something more elaborate.
The S50 is my "carry around" camera, so I now have a bunch of images I can work with in Aperture that I had to use Camera Raw for before.
dual g5 2ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

I hate to admit it, but I am working on a PC laptop right now. You can find many discussions in these forums about the location and modifications of the Raw.plist file, which contains the Powershot S60 entry.
Be sure to make a copy of the original before modifying it!
Jeff
dual g5 2ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

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