Fuji X10, Snow Leopard, and a funny thing happens when I download

[Rob-F]

I keep waiting for Apple to come out with a RAW converter for my X10. In the meantime, the JPEGs are very good--probably good enough.

I tried switching the X10 to RAW for the first time today. I just took 6 or 7 pictures, just to see what would happen when I downloaded. OK they don't say there's a RAW converter in the software, but maybe there is one anyhow. You know, I was feeling optimistic.

So. The iMac acted like it was getting the files just fine. There they were, nice little thumbnails popping into place on the screen, just like they always do when I download. I was starting to get excited. And then the iMac prompted me to ask if it should download the files. Boy, was this ever looking good!

So I clicked to start the download. It was not to be. My nice little thumbnails turned into a purple hash. One by one. Trying to bring one up on screen in the viewer resulted in a message that the file type is not recognized.

Question: If the computer can see my files and show me what they look like as thumbnails, why the hell can't it at least salvage something to save? Even a poor quality JPEG? Just something recognizable? I want to tell it, "C'mon, I know you know what my RAW picture looks like, so quit holding out on me!" :bang:

Apple continues to supply new RAW compatibility downloads for other recent cameras, but for some reason they don't seem to kow the X10 exists. 🙁

 

[tbhv55]

Some Raw files have an embedded jpeg for preview purposes, but a convertor is still required for the actual Raw file contents.
As a stop-gap measure, until your regular software is updated to handle x10 Raw files, you could try installing the Silkypix software that comes with the x10. Admittedly, it's not a very user-friendly interface (understatement!), so you would probably want to limit your use of it to converting the files to either JPEGs or TIFs, leaving any tweaking for your usual photo-editor.

Another option (if your regular software can handle DNG format) would be to download the latest Adobe DNG converter. In case you're not familiar with it, it's a stand-alone program (free download from Adobe), which will batch-convert files to DNG format. Again, not not the most user-friendly interface, but very effective at what it does.

Hope this helps.

 

[MaxElmar]

I'm not sure you can put this on Apple 100%... If Fuji knew it was going to create a unique sensor, you might think they would have been a little more proactive with other software vendors. As I recall, it took awhile to get supported on Adobe products too....