Add support for compressed Fujifilm RAW format

The Adobe DNG Converter would have been a perfect solution as the DNG format is very much future-proof and keeps the file size small and the resulting DNG files can be used with Apple’s RAW implementation.

Unfortunately, lens distortion is not taken into account. I don’t know if this is an issue with the converter or Apple’s handling of DNG files. The effect is that the inherit distortion of the lens is not corrected for when viewing the resulting DNG with QuickLook or Photos. Importing the converted DNG file into Lightroom works (the lens distortion is corrected when viewing the image in Lightroom); which suggests that this might be an issue with Apple’s DNG implementation.

This applies to both uncompressed and compressed RAW files.

I keep my systems up-to-date. Hoping for an update to improve Fujifilm RAW support.

Thank you for finding the updated list of RAW support!

Apple does not provide the ability in Adobe applications to read camera RAW formats as Adobe provides their own internal RAW support. Fuji may have only provided Apple with the data to support Uncompressed RAW format only […]

I am saying that Adobe was able to add support for compressed Fujifilm RAW (i.e. it is not impossible), as was the Pixelmator team which is using Apple’s RAW implementation for all other RAW images.

I just downloaded a random XT-5 RAW image from DP Review and in Sonoma 14.1, it displays correctly as a Finder icon, appears in Quick Look and Preview.

Their RAW file is 82.2 MB. This matches the file size from my uncompressed X-T5 images. Compressed RAW images from my X-T5 only needed about 40% to 60% of the file size with no loss in information. Sadly, those cannot be displayed, neither by Finder nor by the Photos app. Lightroom and Photomator show the compressed RAW images just file.

Apple product teams are not here to see your post, and Apple does not make retroactive camera RAW updates to prior releases of macOS.

Ah, I see. I misunderstood the “Start a discussion in Apple Support Communities” at the bottom of the support page, then. Anyway, if someone is looking for software supporting compressed Fujifilm images, they may want to look at Photomator or the Adobe apps.

I feels a bit uneasy shooting in compressed RAW if Apple does not support it, as that indicates that the image files may not be viewable in the future when Adobe software becomes too expensive or Photomator does not succeed in the market or loses interest in their own, specialty RAW support (which feels experimental as of now).