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clintob:

aeko didn't even indicate what sort of problem was actually taking place, and you simply assumed that it was because he or she was using the direct connect camera mode. Sounds like, based on this review (http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/panasonic/dmc_lx2-review/), that even Adobe's camera raw wasn't supporting this model as of October (don't know about the more recent version 4.0). There are some camera models that are NOT supported by Apple's RAW backend, most of them being point-n-shoots that support RAW. They've mainly geared RAW support towards the SLR market, and it's a bit of a shame that there isn't more of a broad spectrum, but I'm not sure if it's entirely Apple's fault, it may be that Panasonic isn't forthcoming regarding their format, but who knows.

Aperture does now support the LX2, as noted on http://www.apple.com/aperture/raw/cameras.html

One problem with aperture is that camera raw support apparently has to be included with OSX updates, not aperture updates, as OSX just inherits the knowledge. It took 6+ months for my Leica M8 to be included. Maybe this will change in subsequent releases.

1.5.3 is much faster than 1.5.0, which in turn was much faster than 1.0. It runs plenty quick for me these days.

Pardon me, as jbsnyder mentioned I was talking about RAW file support for the LX2. As of 1.5 I believe the LX2 is supported which is nice and works well.

It had nothing to do with having a card reader. Yes, clintob, having a card reader IS much faster as I'm well aware. Thanks.

Aperture FTW!

Lightroom seems clearly ahead of Aperture in this survey:
Lightroom's usage among Mac-based pros is still nearly double that of Aperture (26.6% vs. 14.3%).

French article on macandphoto

2.1 is very very good