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Import Ricoh GX100 RAW files into Apple’s Aperture in MacOS 10.5 Leopard

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.plist

Find 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

6 Comments

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. :) Thanks! This works with Aperture 1.5 and OS X 10.5.2 (the 5.2 update broke it, re-editing the plist file has made it work again).

    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

  4. 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

  5. Doesn’t work anymore since Leopard 10.5.5 & Aperture 2.1:

    Leica D-LUX 3 Panasonic DMC-LX2

    changed to:

    RCIDLeicaDLux3 RCIDPanasonicDMCLX2

    and my following adaption did NOT work: RCIDRICOHCaplioGX100 RCIDPanasonicDMCLX2

    i tried some combinations, but had no success. WTF..

    Comment by Marco at 4:54 pm on September 26th, 2008 #link

  6. It seems that Aperture 2.1.1 (on Leopard 10.5.5) is finally supporting Ricohs DNG-Files without the hack.

    Unfortunately, i have to reimport half of my Ricoh-DNG-Photos (and redo all my Edits). Does anyone have the same Problem?

    I counldn’t figure out why the other half of my Ricoh-DNG-Photos (which were imported under different Aperture-Versions..) are displayed just fine.

    Comment by Marco at 11:03 am on September 27th, 2008 #link

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