Will Apple ever support the µFT-System (G1, GH1, GF1, E-P1, E-P2)?

Question

It seems like Apple is ignoring the Micro-FourThird System for more than one year now - even the Panasonic G1's RAW-Format, the first of all µFT-cameras isn't supporte bei Apple! This is quite scandalous because this system is so well-accepted by the photographers' community that even the manufactures are overrun by the demand and you've to wait to get some. I would not say that µFT changes the market for photographic gear but what we could see is that its obviously filling a long-opened gap between the bridge-cameras with their small noisy sensors and the heavy and bulky SLRs. With a small lens attached µFT bodies like the PEN or GF1 still fit into a jacket's pocket but offering a nearly SLR-quality and the flexibility of interchangeable lenses and the short FFD makes µFT camera bodies as flexible to adopt other lens types as no other interchangeable lens system.
I don't want to blame other camera concepts - what I want to point out is that µFT is a smart niche as is the Mac, too. A lot of people who think smart buy a Mac and a lot of smart photographers bought µFT equipment in the last year. Every Mac (except for the servers) comes with a really great software setup to make amateur photographers happy and for less than 200 € they can go professional with buying Aperture. Of course, they also could buy Lightroom instead, but that's only half as smart - no system-wide RAW preview, no easy integration into iLife, iWeb, MobileMe etc.
+Come on, Apple - are you blind and deaf? Listen and see what your customers demand - a smart support for a smart camera system in their favorite OS!+

Answer 1

F Shippey wrote:
And there's no evidence at all that Apple developers read or take the slightest notice of "feedback".
As far as I can see, the OP was not doing anything other than making a rhetorical plea for Apple to wake up and support an important class of camera. I'm sure that he is under no illusion that it will lead to anything other than helping his blood pressure.
The Feedback route is the way Apple has designed to let users address issues with Apple Engineers. http://www.apple.com/feedback/aperture.html
You will not get a reply, but at least you have submitted your information/request in a more useful manner than posting in these Forums.
I don't think the OP was addressing an issue with Apple engineers, so the feedback route was not relevant. Whether it is more useful to submit requests via that route remains to be seen - I'm sure plenty of people have requested that their MFT camera be supported, and the response has been zilch.
At this point it seems just as valuable to do something useless but therapeutic as it is to send blind messages to /dev/null at apple.com.