I am a Sony user, but in this case it doesn't matter; whenever any camera manufacturer releases a new camera body there is a time lag before purchasers can actually shoot in RAW and be able to promptly work with their files, as there needs to be some essential coding done on the part of each company which provides editing software before it is fully ready for prime-time editing in RAW. Not a problem with .jpeg, that can happen right away, but of course many of us don't want to shoot in .jpeg, especially if we have moved far beyond using a dedicated camera for firing off casual snapshots and want real control over our images.
From what I can recall, it usually takes about a month or maybe even two, before all of the various software editing folks have worked out the appropriate coding for the various flavors of RAW and then present that to their users. This is a day welcomed by everyone who has bought a new camera and customarily shoots in RAW, regardless of the camera brand!
I don't use Adobe products for my image editing, but have noticed it is usually within about a month or maybe six weeks from the time of a release of a new camera that DXO PhotoLab usually comes up with a software update which includes the necessary coding for RAW. Adobe and other software producers are also usually right around the same time frame, give or take a week or two in one direction or the other. It's a happy day when a software update pops up and we see that we can finally shoot in our preferred software and our preferred format with a new camera!
Yes, it IS annoying not to have that ability to shoot in RAW right from the get-go, the day one takes the new camera body out of the box, especially if one has purchased and gotten their new camera during the very early release period, but we all have learned to make adjustments. As mentioned above, some people simply just shoot in .jpg for the duration, others try the DNG route, etc., etc.
Another annoyance is that, yes, Apple is not always quick on the ball, either, to acknowledge and code appropriately for new camera bodies and their specific specs and RAW configurations. I find that they tend to lag behind the software editing folks, which I suppose isn't all that surprising. I am always happy when finally Apple does a software update and the next time I open a file of newly shot RAW images in Finder I can actually see them rather than some bland meaningless label and generic icon.
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