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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Aperture 2.1.1 Won’t Preview Raw Photos

If you shoot raw stills, and use Aperture, don’t update to 2.1.1.

I use Apple’s Aperture to import, organize, and do simple processing on digital pix. I just updated to 2.1.1, and now the image import window won’t show raw images—only dashed rectangles (JPEGS still show up properly). The raw images’ metadata is shown correctly, except for the consistently goofball pixel size of 128x128. If I select raw pix blindly and import them, they show up properly once imported, but importing them blindly ain’t fun.

Aperture 2.1 didn’t have this bug; my Nikon D200 and D300 images showed up fine in the image import window. And I’m not the only one with the problem; Apple’s discussion lists are filled with similarly unhappy upgraders, mostly those using Nikons, but I saw Ricohs mentioned as well.

I can confirm that the bug afflicts Aperture 2.1.1 on both 10.4.11 and 10.5.4.

Solutions? I haven’t seen any evidence of a solution, but several workarounds have been suggested:

• stick with 2.1,
• roll back to 2.1 using Time Machine,
• use Image Capture (or Finder drag ‘n’ drop) to read in photos,
• shoot JPEGs.

Fortunately for me, I usually shoot JPEGs, otherwise I’d be hosed! Read my tale of woe, and maybe you won’t get hosed the same way.

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Video Tutorial: Understanding Depth of Field

Matt Jeppsen | 10/08- 02:15 PM

hey camera -Jefe,
have you checked out the new Nikon D-90?
does 720P 24 Frames/sec
and does 4K at 4.5 frames/sec!!
all for 900 bucks!

i haven’t gotten my hands on one yet…
was just wondering your take on it, since you actually get to play with this stuff all the time

how good is it really? 

thanks!!

Posted by billS  on  09/04  at  08:24 PM

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http://www.nikonusa.com/Find-Your-Nikon/Product/Digital-SLR/25446/D90.html

http://vimeo.com/1657254

Posted by billS  on  09/04  at  08:33 PM

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Well, I guess that takes the wind outta RED’s sails, eh?  (joke)

I haven’t seen one and don’t expect to in the near future. Nice writeup at http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond90/; dpreview is the first place I turn to for digital camera reviews.

Posted by Adam Wilt  on  09/04  at  10:29 PM

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hey,
i checked out the Dpreview stuff… was just basically a recounting of the nikon website specs…
not the pithy and in-depth reviews like you folks do!
was wondering about the quality of the video, resolution, shutter strobing, etc… ( nada on that in the review)

>Well, I guess that takes the wind outta RED’s sails, eh?  (joke)

ha ha, not this month....
but the D3 does 11 FPS of 4K… twice the speed of the D90--
so at that double data rate, it should do 1080P no problem…
and having a camera that does that, with interchangable lenses, would make me very happppy!
we shall see what nikon has up their sleeve as they unveil the higher end models in the next few months....

Posted by billS  on  09/05  at  07:16 PM

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/technology/personaltech/28pogue.html?_r=1&em;&oref;=slogin

this review ( with video) is pretty cool… for a newspaper…

Posted by billS  on  09/05  at  07:26 PM

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