DL2/DS2 support and apple aperture?!

For all the apple users out there that have a pentax DL2 camera, and want RAW support in aperture. This has been annoying me for ages, so I have written a simple applescript application that will convert all DL2 PEFs in a selected folder to DL PEFs that OS X...and therefore Aperture.. will be able to recognise. No more converting into TIFs to import!! If you want me to send you a copy, just email me on [email protected]

Hopefully this will help other DL2 owners out there!!
ps. I have also edited this to handle DS2 files also

got something for the ds2?

Is the DS2 PEF format exactly the same as the DS?? If it is, I should be able to change the applescript to suit it. Let me know, and I will give it a try. It would be handy if you could email me a PEF file from your DS2.

AFAIK, the format is identical. However, the header includes the name of the body... and most RAW converters use this to work out the format.

I think the last one I tried I just hex-edited the name and it was read in the RAW software just fine.

Matt

well thats pretty much how my applescript works. But instead of having to edit the header of each individual file, it lets you select a folder, and does them all at once! Thanks for the info, I will modify the script so it does DS2 PEFs. If you want a copy, drop me an email!

mattmatic...
what about changing in the camera firmware to fix the header in camera?
couldn't that be done by pentax to ensure compatibility?

Don,
That's possible, but extremely unlikely. The marker in the EXIF is meant to show what body captured the image. Although the camera could lie about itself, I don't see how Pentax would be encouraged to make a supported change to their firmware.... their response would be "Get Apple to make Aperture work"

No doubt there's a hacker somewhere that'll cook the firmware though
Matt

yeah well it's not vital for me, as George rightly says, proper camera work and the jpegs are fine.

but storage space isn't an issue for me anymore, my computers are blazingly fast, and having to take extra steps in what is a seemless workflow, wouldn't work for me.

still, if there's an opportunity to improve anything, anywhere, it warrants taking a look.....

It's actually JR who says that. My camera work is too improper, so I use RAW. JPEG is for people who know what they are doing; RAW is for novices.

G

OMG! I'm sorry.
I was half asleep when I posted that!
It was like 6:00 am and I hadn't had coffee yet! lol
ps you're being overly modest...I like your photos!

thanx...tried the app.
doesn't like my version of osx.
seems to be Leopard only.
I'm running Tiger.
Seems to me Apple must be running out of big cats to name thier os's after....

What's next? OsX Garfield?

Do you think you could email me a simple DS2 PEF so I can try and work the bug out? Does the application hang after selecting the folder with the RAW files, or simply not open at all?

won't run at all, get aan error saying my os doesn't support this ap.

that worked.
now that I got that, I'm gonna go back to my automator files and add that script in somewhere.

Would you be interested in some quid pro quo, when I get it done?

just a thought:
write an article for these guys....might make you some money....

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/aperture/

http://www.apertureprofessional.com/