Problem with D-Lux 3 raw files and Mac OS X

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Hello everybody… my first post.

 

Last year I purchased a D-Lux 3, which is my first digital camera and my first Leica too.

 

While I enjoy this little camera, recently I have noticed that all my pictures shooted in raw have at least 4 black pixels in the exactly same position.

I’m using Mac OS X v 10.4.10 (last version) on a new MacBook 2.16 GHz and the dead pixels appear using both Preview and Aperture (trial). While at first I thought to have a defective sensor, making additional trials, I found out that if I shoot in JPEG or if I open the raw files with Adobe Camera Raw the pictures are just fine, no “dead” pixels appear.

 

I’m wondering if other D-lux 3 and Mac OS X users have ever noticed this kind of problem.

 

Is it some sort of very strange bug in Mac OS X?

 

Thanks

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[prabh]

Hi,

I have same setup as yours, but do not have problems i.e "dead pixels"

You may need to use Apple updates "DigitalCameraRAWPPC200601.dmg"

This updater makes use to view RAW files of D-LUX 3 only by Apple's Preview.

Regards

Prabh

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Thanks Prabh, but I have already installed all the latest updates to Mac OS X. I'm going to try other macs in a nearby store and I have already sent a raw file to a Leica technician. Hope to solve the problem.

 

Best

 

Aldo