[ceflynn]

I have not been able to find out just where the data needed to support a camera comes from. Some people have told me this is a problem with Adobe, because they invented the DNG format, and others have said the problem is limited resources at Apple. Not one person vigorously defended his take on the question, which we might rephrase as "Can we buy our way out of this problem? Where do we throw the money?" The one person most in a position to know said the problem is that Apple just has a really long development cycle in general. I hope patience will pay off.

It is widely rumored that Aperture exists because Steve Jobs is a good amateur photographer and did not enjoy using Adobe's software. Perhaps if it could be arranged to have Steve spend some quality time with an M8, support would arrive faster.