I have noticed this topic has been mentioned and found a topic that had degenerated into bashing Apple. I was not able to view thumbnails from my Sony Ar7M5 cameras but was able to import them into Affinity Photo. Today I noticed that the thumbnails are now visible in Photo.
However what I noticed when in Affinity V.2 (latest version) as well as the beta version, there is an interesting quirk.
When importing thru the ‘Open’ icon in Affinity Photo and ‘Import from Photos’, the image thumbnails are still blacked out. However when I drag and drop from Photos, the thumbnails are visible.
I noticed with use of ‘Open’ icon, a long press on the blacked out thumbnail produces a fly out where the image is visible.
I called Apple today but with the way that Photos is working today, this appears that it could be a bug in Affinity Photo
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