Quick Look doesn't "look"

[JayElDee]

I am using 13.6.7 on my Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017. I shoot with a Nikon Z8
On my previous Nikons—prior to mirrorless—the right click Quick Look command in Finder displayed the image. Since the Z8 though I getno image, only this.
Is there a fix for this? Thanks

 

[ab22]

Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura - Apple Support

These operating systems include system-level support for RAW images taken by many third-party cameras.

support.apple.com

It seems the Z 8 isn't included, although is in Sonoma : https://support.apple.com/en-us/105094

 

[haralds]

It needs the right QuickLook extension supporting that file format.

 

[JayElDee]

Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS Ventura - Apple Support

These operating systems include system-level support for RAW images taken by many third-party cameras.

support.apple.com

It seems the Z 8 isn't included, although is in Sonoma : https://support.apple.com/en-us/105094

Ah, thanks, may have to update to sonoma

@haralds its the same three letter format, ".nef," maybe the coding changed ?

but the point is they, both of them, need to fix this or at least advise. It's a real PITA for their customers.

 

[Slartibart]

Ah, thanks, may have to update to sonoma

@haralds its the same three letter format, ".nef," maybe the coding changed ?

but the point is they, both of them, need to fix this or at least advise. It's a real PITA for their customers.

All camera manufacturers revise there “native” file formats often with the release of new camera (generations). The usually keep the extension, but the format internally has changed (particularly variants which use compression). Whether it’s Mac, Win, Linux - OS can only adapted after such a release - because Canon, Nikon, Sony&Co. usually do not inform
And yes, everyone agrees it’s PITA, and even more, because for some formats it takes quite some time to get supported (or they do not arrive at all).

And: there are different options for NEF you can select depending on your camera model: select “lossless” NEF, which might be already accessible (and that’s the only one supported in Sonoma anyway).

If that does not work and Quicklook is essential for you, and your camera allows for it, consider to shoot DNG instead of NEF.

 

[JayElDee]

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And: there are different options for NEF you can select depending on your camera model: select “lossless” NEF, which might be already accessible (and that’s the only one supported in Sonoma anyway).

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thanks. I switched to lossless and nefs now appear with Quick Look. The downside is the file size increases from 30+mb to 50+ mb. This is something that I can live with, I think, though I need to see file sizes after editing...I suppose all resulting edits will also be 66% larger or so, so need to see that, but for the meantime this is a fix...thanks

 

[Slartibart]

why should the edits be bigger? Dimension and color/bit depth have not changed between lossless and compressed NEF, haven’t they? In an edit, e.g. an additional layer etc. has in both cases the same size. And if the compressed and lossless NEF use the same color depth, loading them into an edit workflow will take same memory.
What’s your edit workflow?