shrooman Posted June 28, 2013 Share #1 Posted June 28, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hey Everyone, I am a Non Pro and recently purchased the Leica Monochrom yesterday. For better or worse, Iphoto had been my default download location for my X1/M9. I have then been pulling favorites from there into Lightroom. Yesterday, when downloading my first monochrome .DNG test shots into iPhoto I received the " File is an unrecognized format error." While Lightroom works fine( and I prob should get used to using it more anyhow) I cannot even pull an image to desktop and view it or I receive same error. Is there a workaround for this? Do we have wait for Apple to add the Monochrom .DNG file in an update? I'm fine using Lightroom, it's troubling not being able to view them even from the desktop. Perhaps it's user error. I have not updated the camera software yet. Sorry if this has been discussed, but a brief lowdown would be appreciated so I can decide if I have to totally adjust workflow for the Monochrom. Thanks Shrooman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wattsy Posted June 28, 2013 Share #2 Posted June 28, 2013 Is there a workaround for this? Do we have wait for Apple to add the Monochrom .DNG file in an update? I think no and yes are the short answers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooman Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted June 28, 2013 I was afraid that may be the case. I'm surprised Apple and Leica didn't work together to streamline that prior to release. Thanks Wattsy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted June 28, 2013 Share #4 Posted June 28, 2013 I was afraid that may be the case. I'm surprised Apple and Leica didn't work together to streamline that prior to release. Apple had lots of time to add support for the M Monochrom if they had wanted to (not that it was in any way difficult to support the M Monochrom). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
diogenis Posted June 29, 2013 Share #5 Posted June 29, 2013 Try contacting their support forums directly or even search for MM. It's strange what I hear because if iphote doesnt support the format, then neither will do Aperture. In which case you should either move to Adobe and lightroom, or ask them directly when and if they want to support the MM. Probably, someone have already asked them so maybe there is an answer there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted June 29, 2013 Share #6 Posted June 29, 2013 You only have to look at the way Apple close-couples its software to its hardware and the tightly controlled retail channels it uses to get your answer...... ...... it's not going to make Apple any money so they will probably never do it....... They've had nearly a year. The DNG rendering is part of the OS (not Aperture) and with a tiny MM user base it is well off the radar as far as Apple is concerned....... As it presumably only requires the incorporation of some freely available Adobe code it's not as if it's that complicated..... so there is no real excuse except that they can't be bothered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest borge Posted June 29, 2013 Share #7 Posted June 29, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) With the Aperture 4.0 release we will probably see it. Aperture 4.0 was expected to be released last year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandymc Posted June 29, 2013 Share #8 Posted June 29, 2013 Actually, it is (or can be) complicated. Not because of decoding the file, but because of the implication of the file being mono stretches all the way through the app. To give one example, white balance is no longer meaningful, so you you have to make sure that the white balance control is either disabled or inactive in some way, or at least doesn't do something destructive. Likewise many other color related controls. So if your app wasn't originally designed for mono, then you can find yourself having to make make significant changes all the way through the app, having to retest all that code, etc, etc. Not cheap. And all for a very niche camera. Sandy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydarkroom Posted July 2, 2013 Share #9 Posted July 2, 2013 Apple is working in the support. Should come out in the Fall. They profile each sensor themselves and do not rely on the company's info alone. It was not until recently that they got on hold of the camera (we all know how hard it was to get one to start). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted July 2, 2013 Share #10 Posted July 2, 2013 Well 10.8 does not support Linear DNG. 10.9 might. I don't see this as a Monochrom issue, just it's the first camera to use it. Knowing the way Apple works, it will take a major OS update to incorporate this function. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydarkroom Posted July 3, 2013 Share #11 Posted July 3, 2013 This may be the case. However, everyone thought that an OS update would be necessary to support non-bayer sensors like the Fuji and it turned out not to be the case. The monochrome is a bit more particular in this aspect as pointed by SandyMc and indeed may require more than just profile update. We will see. Well 10.8 does not support Linear DNG. 10.9 might. I don't see this as a Monochrom issue, just it's the first camera to use it. Knowing the way Apple works, it will take a major OS update to incorporate this function. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrism Posted July 3, 2013 Share #12 Posted July 3, 2013 I hope we'll see it in 10.9. Aperture 4, should it ever arrive, won't necessarily do it as RAW support on the Mac is a function of the OS - simply so a RAW file can be displayed by iPhoto, Preview, the Finder (for icons) and QuickLook, never mind Aperture. I am somewhat reassured that Adobe has no plans to move LR to the subscription model as yet, and I like the tools in LR. But prints from Aperture look much much better than those from LR and this would keep me in the Aperture camp if only Monochrom DNGs would open there. I suppose I could process in LR, export a Tiff and then print it from Aperture. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanD Posted July 12, 2013 Share #13 Posted July 12, 2013 I suppose I could process in LR, export a Tiff and then print it from Aperture. Chris Thats what I do.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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