For those of you that are PhotoRaw users, I'd recommend not updating to iOS 8 just yet.
There is a significant bug in iOS 8 that will prevent PhotoRaw from importing images that were shot as raw+jpeg. The details are as follows:
- If you import an image from an SD Card onto an iOS 8 device that was shot as raw+jpeg (so there is an xxxx.raw and xxxx.jpg file present), the import operation onto the device will go fine.
- However, when you try to open the raw file in PhotoRaw, you'll get an error.
- What is happening is that despite the raw file being present on the device, and PhotoRaw correctly asking for the raw file, iOS 8 only ever provides the jpeg file to any apps that request it.
The only know fix for this that I'm aware of right now is to shoot raw only (or use iOS 7!). If only a raw file is on your device, iOS will correctly provide that to PhotoRaw, and the import operation will be fine.
I'm in contact with Apple on this issue, but so far they have only said that they will get back to me "when an engineer is assigned to the bug". Which given the number of other bugs in iOS 8, may take a while.
So, if you have the choice, and shoot raw+jpeg, you should hold off on updating to iOS 8.
I'll update this post when the issue is fixed.
Updated: This bug is not fixed in iOS 8.1.0. If you're not happy with this, please email Tim Cook, asking him to fix bug #18581425
Updated again: This bug is also not fixed under iOS 8.1.1.
Updated: This bug is not fixed in iOS 8.1.0. If you're not happy with this, please email Tim Cook, asking him to fix bug #18581425
Updated again: This bug is also not fixed under iOS 8.1.1.
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