A quick post for the people using Apple software (e.g. Aperture) for their photographic workflow. Apple released the Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 4.01 (download). The following Canon cameras are now fully supported:

• Canon EOS M
• Canon PowerShot G15
• Canon PowerShot S110
  
• Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

I think it is, or at least will be in the next future. Since Apple’s new MacBook Pro with Retina display was announced yesterday at WWDC in San Francisco, the hype is big, and it’s getting bigger by the day. Apple really had a radically innovative approach when engineering the new MacBook Pro flagship. Not only it’s thinner and lighter than all its predecessors and does it have sheer power never seen before on a portable computer, the real innovation, the thing that each and everyone would like to have is the Retina display. Let me explain this. The new MacBook Pro Retina has a resolution of 2880×1800 pixels (3 million more than HDTV) on 15.4 inches; that’s over 5 million pixels! Amazing, isn’t it? It’s easy to figure out what that means for photographers. It means that you can see every detail in your image, at a level you couldn’t before. Moreover, Apple claims that the Retina display has better contrast, better viewing angle, less reflections. Apple also updated its photo applications, iPhoto and the more professionally oriented Aperture. Both will very soon be ready for the Retina Display. Others are following, Photoshop CS6 is already amazing on this new display.  And now the good news: B&H has a limited quantity of Retina MacBook Pros available for pre-order (click here to see all available MacBook Pro Retina models):

• 15.4″ MacBook Pro Notebook Computer with Retina Display, nVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Graphics (1GB), 2880 x 1880 Native Resolution

• 2.3GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 256GB Flash Storage $2,199 (click here)
• 2.6GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 512GB Flash Storage $2,799 (click here)
• 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 512GB Flash Storage $3,049 (click here)
• 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core, 16GB of DDR3 RAM, 512GB Flash Storage $3,249 (click here)
• 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 768GB Flash Storage $3,549 (click here)
• 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core, 16GB of DDR3 RAM, 768GB Flash Storage $3,749 (click here)

There are lots of hands-on reviews and people sharing its thoughts about the new Retina MacBook Pro (I list some made from a photographers point of view): British Journal of Photography, DPreview, fstoppers, and engadget’s review: We just know one thing: the new display is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. Text is incredibly sharp and clear, 1080p video is amazing and images, of course, look great.

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Apple just released Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.12 (click here to download). Support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III RAW files has been added for Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11.