Mac software question...

Sirashley · Mar 29, 2008

okay guys please go easy as I am a newb, but my question is. I am in the market for a new DSLR and I was curious, do all the manufacture's software that's included work with Mac? I am looking at Canon, Nikon, and Sony, and I was just wondering if the software included with the camera's is Mac compatible?

Trenton Romulox · Mar 29, 2008

The software that comes with Nikon is NOT compatible with Mac OS 10.5 yet. It IS COMPATIBLE with 10.4 though. I have no idea about any other manufacturers though. And I'm sure Nikon is at work on making their software 10.5 compatible, so that should be relatively soon.

usayit · Mar 30, 2008

I have the Canon Professional software (packaged with the 1d MarkII) and the basic Canon RAW viewer (packaged with my G5). Both work fine.... keep in mind, I never directly attach the cameras to the Mac. I just copy the files off of the media card via a card reader.

There might be drivers (and thus incompatibilities) involved when directly attaching the camera to the Mac.

Socrates · Mar 30, 2008

Sirashley said:
okay guys please go easy as I am a newb, but my question is. I am in the market for a new DSLR and I was curious, do all the manufacture's software that's included work with Mac? I am looking at Canon, Nikon, and Sony, and I was just wondering if the software included with the camera's is Mac compatible?

I won't touch Windoze.

I have Nikon.

Life is good.

Trenton Romulox · Mar 30, 2008

Socrates said:
I won't touch Windoze.

I have Nikon.

Life is good.

Must be using Tiger then? Not Leopard?

Hertz van Rental · Mar 30, 2008

I use Aperture and it supports a large range of RAW formats which would indicate all these cameras are compatible with Mac.
http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html

Sirashley · Mar 30, 2008

Cool guys, Thanks for the info, I'm running 10.4 and am looking at a D80 so that would work for me...

atp_design · Mar 30, 2008

Sirashley, yes you will be ok.
If not, go to Nikon online and download any necessary drivers.

I have a mac with 10.4.11 too

EricBrian · Mar 30, 2008

I have a Mac running 10.5.2 and I installed the software that came with the Nikon D300. It installed without issues and runs fine, too.

When I say software, I mean Capture NX.

Socrates · Mar 30, 2008

Trenton Romulox said:
Must be using Tiger then? Not Leopard?

Yep. What's the problem with Leopard?

Trenton Romulox · Mar 31, 2008

Socrates said:
Yep. What's the problem with Leopard?

Well, last time I tried to install the software that comes with the D300, it was a no-go.

But, I just tried again tonight, and the stuff installed and is working. I'm having some slight troubles with Nikon Transfer being unresponsive though.

EricBrian · Mar 31, 2008

Trenton, when you say 'Nikon Transfer' what do you mean?

I am having trouble with the software update. When I start Capture NX, I get a message that say that there is an update. When I click the button to get the update, it says downloading. The progress bar even makes it almost all the way to the end. However, a dialog box then pop ups saying: "Could not download the software update. Try again later." This happens all the time.

Is this what you meant?

Trenton Romulox · Mar 31, 2008

Nikon Transfer, it's a program that came with the D300. It doesn't respond when I plug in my USB card reader.

EricBrian · Mar 31, 2008

Trenton Romulox said:
Nikon Transfer, it's a program that came with the D300. It doesn't respond when I plug in my USB card reader.

When I get back home, next week, I will check it out.

Soto · Apr 2, 2008

EricBrian said:
Trenton, when you say 'Nikon Transfer' what do you mean?

I am having trouble with the software update. When I start Capture NX, I get a message that say that there is an update. When I click the button to get the update, it says downloading. The progress bar even makes it almost all the way to the end. However, a dialog box then pop ups saying: "Could not download the software update. Try again later." This happens all the time.

Is this what you meant?

This happens to me all the time too... I can't download the new update

Somebody knows why is this happening?