Yosemite Photos not importing Nikon D40 RAW+JPEG

I tried to import RAW+JPEG photo sets from an SD card of a Nikon D40 and my first impression was that the photos were imported, they appeared on the Last Import album but then I noticed these issues:
1. I was not able to edit the photo
2. I was not able to select the RAW file to edit it
3. When tried to import from Facebook, the Finder interface was not able to located the imported photo even though it appear on Photos app
I thought that the issue was related to the SD card so I connected the D40 via USB and imported again. Nothing different happen, the same 3 issues.
My workaround was this:
1. Insert the SD Card in the slot
2. Open Finder
3. Navigate through the folders to locate the NEF file (RAW file)
4. Copy the file to the Desktop
4. Open Photos
5. Import the NEF file from the Desktop
Edit was succesful and Facebook was able to upload it.
Equipment:
Nikon D40 + SanDisk 4GB Ultra II
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
     Processor 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5
     Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
     Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
OS X Yosemite 10.10.3

That is what Apple's RAW support page says, so you can do nothing about it:
OS X Yosemite: Supported digital camera RAW formats - Apple Support
See the footnote at
Nikon D4S†
Nikon D810†
Notes
†Nikon RAW L format only.

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