If you own a Mac, use Aperture or iPhoto and have an X-E2 or X-T1, you should now update your system to ver. 5.04. “OS X Mavericks provides system-level support for digital camera RAW formats from the following cameras. Supported by Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 5.04*” Read more at Apples support page.
Fujifilm X-E2 – [shopcountry 17992]
Fujifilm X-T1 – [shopcountry 21553]
Nikon D3300
Nikon 1 AW1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GM1
Pentax K-3
I’ll start updating now 😉
X-T1 RAF editing in LR
Editing Fuji X-T1 RAF files with Lightroom 5 at danielkcheung: “Since the X-T1 shares exactly the same X-trans sensor as the Fujifilm X-E2, AND Adobe has support for this particular camera model, the trick is to change the Exif data of your X-T1 files. It is a very drag and drop procedure. Simply select all your RAF files, drag them into the Exif Editor window, and change the camera model field option. Click on ‘process’ and wait for it to complete. Once that is done, you can import your X-T1 RAF files into Lightroom.”
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Lame Adobe…lame. Nice work, Apple.
There is already a release candidate of ACR. I am suspecting that Adobe is holding the corresponding LR update back for now because of an imminent LR 6 public beta release, likely for announcement at Photoshop World. Pure speculation, though.
Too soon for LR 6
really? Lame Adobe when they’ve had X-E2 since almost the biginning and Nice work Apple when they’ve (as it appears) only just starting supporting X-E2 now??
Yeah, you got it. Way to catch up.
Hm… Not an expert, but just a quick and dirty Aperture VS Silypix test shows a serious loss of resolution using Apple’s RAW implementation. Very little in the way of advanced decoding of images using Aperture compared to the bundled RAW Converter that comes with the X-T1.
Am I missing something?
Crank up the sharpening and detail sliders under “Raw Fine Tuning”.
Thank you for the tip (I’d forgotten about the fine tuning feature for some reason). It does help a lot, but I’m still finding I can eek more out of the raw file using Silkypix’s Sharpening Type set to Pure Detail and the Demosaic Shapening set to 100). Will continue experimenting though.
All the best
Unfortunately, if you’re editing thousands of images a week, silkypix isn’t really an option. It becomes a choice between Aperture and Lightroom.
I agree. But for a hobbyist, this free software is actually really good, especially considering the quality I can eek out of the raw files. I’m impressed.
Not an expert, but just did a quick and dirty Aperture VS Silypix test. Very little in the way of advanced decoding of images using Aperture compared to the bundled RAW Converter that comes with the X-T1. Much detail is lost.
PS
Sorry for the redundant pictures. Can’t seem to be able to edit them.
I agree but if you look at the file at 100% and not 300% there is no difference.
Both were at 100%
As an Aperture user it’s great to see the support for these cameras. I like Aperture enough to stick with it, although patience is a virtue with this software. Would be nice to know what Apple’s plans for advanced photo editing are, I have a hunch that iphoto and Aperture may merge at some point but we will see.
I hope not. They haven’t merged FC and iMovie, so why would they merge iPhoto and Aperture? They have already made it so that an iPhoto database can be imported into Aperture, and they presumably share a lot of code, but the interface is very different.
I think the amount of controls in aperture would be too confusing for a normal person, while the limited controls in iPhoto would be a deal breaker for a pro photographer.
Yes you could well be right and I also hope that Aperture remains a stand alone product. Unfortunately Apple does not need to prioritise Aperture development to survive while the competition has no choice. Can’t help thinking that there’s something big on the way though.
I am primarily a LR user but just tried Aperture with a few X-T1 / 56, 1.2 files and am extremely impressed. The RAW processing seems to have a lot of room to move!