Here’s a little hack to enable you to use Ricoh GX100 RAW files in Apple’s Aperture.
Make a backup of the following file:
/System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/Raw.plistFind the key for the Leica D-LUX 3 (line 3316 in MacOS 10.5.1):
3316: <key>Leica D-LUX 3</key> <string>Panasonic DMC-LX2</string> <!-- 10.4.10 -->
Then insert the following line before the line showing the Leica D-LUX 3:
3316: <key>RICOH Caplio GX100</key> <string>Panasonic DMC-LX2</string>
3317: <key>Leica D-LUX 3</key> <string>Panasonic DMC-LX2</string> <!-- 10.4.10 -->
You should now be able to use the Ricoh’s RAW files in Aperture.
This is based on a previous hack (detailed here), which doesn’t apply to Leopard.
Published at 5:57 pm on November 16th, 2007.
Topics: Apple Mac
4 Comments
Hi. Awesome! Will this work with Ricoh GR Digital 2? I just got one and was dismayed that Aperture only displays the previews…. glad to read about solutions in the works. Will try this out later tonight when i get home. Zak
Comment by Zakmakhak at 10:03 am on December 20th, 2007 #link
Hi. Many thanks, that’s brilliant. I adapted the hack as follows to add compatibility for Ricoh GR Digital 2 camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 2 Panasonic DMC-LX2
Can confirm, that this works perfectly!
Comment by P at 10:55 am on December 29th, 2007 #link
I was hoping the new RAW processing in 5.2 would have native support for these files, I suppose my emails to Apple have been ignored.
Comment by Lew at 7:30 pm on February 23rd, 2008 #link
Thanks! This hack also works for OS x 10.5.3, I previously had it working on 10.5.2 then 10.5.3 broke it. So fixed again.
Comment by Roger at 1:55 pm on June 16th, 2008 #link