Adobe DNG, Ricoh GR Digital and Mac OS X

On Aug 12, 1:26 am, "babaloo" <fac... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
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> It isn't OSX per se.
> Why would an Apple software product, Aperture, support the proprietary
> format (DNG) of a competitor, Adobe?
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DNG is proposed as a standard for RAW files and therefore it would
make sense to implement it especially since some cameras already save
their RAW data in DNG format instead of some camera specific format.
However, Apple is not alone, Microsoft cannot handle DNG files also
(at least on XP, maybe they picked it up on Vista) while they have
added support for displaying Nikon and Canon RAW formats from the file
browser.
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On 2007-08-12 01:26:02 +0100, "babaloo" <fac187.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> said:

> Two things:
> I never understood why someone would buy one of those Ricohs. To each his
> own.
> It isn't OSX per se.
> Why would an Apple software product, Aperture, support the proprietary
> format (DNG) of a competitor, Adobe?
> Ditch Aperture and get a real program, like Photoshop.
> While you're at it, ditch the Ricoh and get a real camera.

Okay, so it is possible but it does need a hack.

The Raw.plist file at
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Raw.plist
needs to be edited to add a new entry with key <key>RICOH-GR
Digital</key>.

After that DNG files can be imported and do have appreciably better
quality than the high quality JPEG.

I actually tried Lightroom again while trying to read these files and I
*really* don't like it. All through the beta program I didn't get it
and I still find 1.1 a mess. Still as you say - each to his own.

I realise the Ricoh isn't for everyone as it is a very quirky camera
but I like the film-like properties, build quality, size, fixed lens.
As a first foray into digital from film rangefinders when I can't get a
D200 or similar yet it seemed like the ideal choice.
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Cheers,

Steve

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