davidgarth Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I just bought a Nikon D5100 to replace my D80 as lightweight back-up body. I'm actually quite happy with it. My problem is that I haven't been able to find software to deal with D5100 RAW files that is compatible with Mac OSX Lion. The View NX that came with the camera won't work with Lion and hasn't been updated. My Photoshop camera raw wont upgrade with Lion. Aperture works with Lion but isn't my converter of choice. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_janssen Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>Use aperture till the converter of your choice is updated for the OS.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>Try Adobe Photoshop CS 5.5 and the accompanying Bridge. I haven't personally tried it for Nikon, but it seems to do OK for Canon RAW from various sources.<br> You wanted to upgrade to the latest version anyhow, didn't you?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ap78 Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>I use Nikon Capture NX 2 and so far everything is working well with Lion. My copy was installed prior to updating to Lion so I'm not sure if that changes anything. I know Adobe mentioned PS CS 5 and it's plug-ins would remain usable after the OS upgrade but may not be fully functional if you install them after upgrading. </p> <p>Nikon offers a trial for this software so it's worth a look to see if it works well for you. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_in_PA Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>This is one of the many reasons why I will not upgrade to Lion for at least 6 months, if I can help it.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>Peter's strategy is normally my ideal procedure, but with a new machine it seemed best to bite (byte?) the bullet and go all the way. I'm still running Leopard, Tiger, and Jaguar on other machines however.</p> <p>This is sometimes called "Gates' Law" or the "MS Law":</p> <blockquote> <p>Never install version point zero of anything</p> </blockquote> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palouse Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>I'm using ViewNX 2 (free download from Nikon) and it works just fine with Lion. I installed it on my 13" MBP under Snow Leopard 2 weeks ago when I got my machine, and I upgraded OS to Lion a couple of days ago. Nikon Transfer and Capture NX2 also perform without fault.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owen_omeara Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>I clearly agree with JDM. I installed Lion the day it came out and it is the biggest mistake I have made in years. I wrk as a professional artist and have relied on Apple and Epson equipment for years until my upgrade. I am unable to print with my Epson 3880 and Mac quad core.his has cost me a fair amount of money to outsource the work and the quality has suffered. It would seem that the OS was released before the Epson drivers for it existed. The last info is that this issue "May be resolved" by the middle of August. It is hard to believe that this could happen with these two companies. Take the previous advice and do not install Lion until you are satisfied that it will work with your system. I have found no work around for this problem and will most likely have to uninstall Lion and replace it with Snow Leopard.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 <p>Actually, I have installed Lion on my new machine, but kept older versions on my others. I just felt lucky and knew about the Rosetta problem, so had already got upgrades before I got the new machine.</p> <p>I will say that, aside from the Rosetta problem, it has been the simplest and smoothest upgrade I've ever had. I'll keep my Mini working with the older PPC programs under Leopard, and the old G4 plugging along with Jaguar to keep my SCSI peripherals going. Often I have 4 machines running all at the same time, isn't that true of everybody?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvhKaar Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 <p>Which version of ViewNX 2 do you have currently ?<br> Nikon has updated ViewNX 2 to version 2.1.1 on juli 8th 2011, so if you did not download that one, maybe it will help if you do... ....</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidgarth Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 I downloaded the newest version on View NX2 and it works ok so far with Lion. I'd rather use Adobe Camera Raw, but this solution will work in the interim until Adobe does an update. Thanks to all for your suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvhKaar Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 <p>Hi David,<br> Glad that it works now..<br> I prefer to use Nikon software ( either capture NX2 or VIEW NX2) for raw development, since ACR seems not always to recognize all color channels the way the Nikon softqware does , and also often lacks the CA suppresion in some cases.. <br> Then i bridge the resulting Tiff or Jpeg to Adobe software for last refinement and sharpinning, and whatever other processes i need for the pic in particular ( if still needed..). <br> But that's just me personal prefference..</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidgarth Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 I have never used NX before. It doesn't seem to allow much tweaking of the conversion of RAW to jpeg, things like white balance and exposure. Or have I missed something that's in the program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvhKaar Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 <blockquote> <p>Or have I missed something that's in the program</p> </blockquote> <p>Sounds like it .... On the panel on the left side you can click a little black tiangle to open the "White Balance "menu ( when a RAW / NEF picture was opened that is) ). This will be swithced mostly to "Automatic" but if you open the scroll menu youll get different choices to influence your White balence..</p> <p>BTW Did you open the "Help" menu, and look for " White Balance" ?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CvhKaar Posted August 1, 2011 Share Posted August 1, 2011 <p>Dutch Example of ViewNX 2 :...</p> <p>Oops just a bit to large pixel count... Oh well....</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallnbig68 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 <p>Have found numerous programs that are either incompatible or simply will not work with Lion.<br> Looking at the new software it would appear to me a long time Apple user that the primary company; Apple, is telling us to use only their software and yet as I see it more software and toys that many of us will never utilize.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMiller Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 <p>As an Apple user since Mac Classic Days, I too have been having problems with Lion. I anticipated this when they annouced the cancelation of Rosetta so for the time being I have kept Snow Leopard on a separate drive and use that For NX2, Nikon Transfer and Photoshop CS5 until things settle down.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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