Thanks, Joseph. That's really interesting since I thought Aperture 3 required Lion? "Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will Connell
On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 8, 2013, at 13:10 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> On Sep 8, 2013, at 12:20 PM, Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm just confused since I see that Apple updated its camera raw >>> compatibility under Lion (update 4.04) for the K-5II. I like the fact >>> that OSX handles DNG across the entire operating system (like hitting >>> the spacebar to preview images, including DNG files). Is the DNG from >>> the newer bodies still compatible with 10.6.8 this way? Has the DNG >>> format changed in the new bodies? Since I've been using Aperture 2 for >>> RAW processing (and can't upgrade) I'm hoping for backward >>> compatibility. >> >> I see what your issues are now ... >> >> Unfortunately, Aperture relies upon the OS X core frameworks for its raw >> processing, and (IIRC) will not accept image files even in DNG format for >> which the core frameworks have not been updated. To use the new frameworks, >> you'll need the latest OS X and Aperture versions. >> >> Of course, you could see if you can get a K5II DNG file from someone and >> test it out, but I suspect that you'll have to do something different from >> what you have been doing. > > I've been running OSX 10.6.8 for years, and Aperture 3 works fine. I'm at > 3.0.3 now. It and my 24" 2008 iMac get along fine with any and all DNGs I > throw at it. But I don't have a K5 II, just a K5. It should make no > difference as DNG format is universal. Pentax/Ricoh cannot just "change" it > for "their" cameras. > > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
