aperture - support leica DMR?

[dave mckenney]

aperture documentation does not list leica DMR sensor as one supported by aperture - does anyone use aperture for DMR files?  thanks,  dave

[wildstork]

Dave,
I've used it since day one with no problems. Aperture 3 is a significant improvement... so if you haven't upgraded, do so as you'll see some worthwhile changes.  My only issue is beachballing from time to time on a Mac.  I have a MacBook Pro (mid-2009) with dual 2.93 ghz processor and 4 gb ram and it still beachballs when I use the cloning tool for a few minutes.  Aperture is a resource hog and the DMR, with 59 mb 16 bit files really taxes the program.
For absolute best IQ I still use FlexColor, especially when I need to print big.
Lawrence

[dave mckenney]

Lawrance - Thanks for the reply - I am not familiar with the term "beachballing" - please help me out with it  as I have the same Mac you have -- Dave

[CatOne]

Beachballing is when Mac OS X displays the rainbow cursor.  It indicates the main user interface thread is blocked and waiting for the machine to do something.  It's typically frustrating :-)

I don't know what Leica's "DMR" sensor is.  Aperture 3 supports the M8, M9, X1, and S2.  Can't say on the latter one... pretty sure support is there but I don't have the scratch to try.  A full list of supported RAW formats is here:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html