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Author:  big_D [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:58 am ]
Post subject:  Native RAW in Win7
Okay, I know the smug Apple users will say that their OS can do this anyway (I know, I have Lion! :lol: ), but Microsoft have released a Codec pack for digital cameras, allowing Windows to natively display RAW images from a bunch of cameras:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/de ... x?id=26829

Quote:
  • The Microsoft Camera Codec Pack enables the viewing of a variety of device-specific file formats in Window Live Photo Gallery as well as other software that is based in Windows Imaging Codecs (WIC).
  • Installing this package will allow supported RAW camera files to be viewable in Windows Explorer.
  • This package is available in both the x86 and x64 versions .
  • The Microsoft Camera Codec Pack provides support for the following device formats:
    • Canon: EOS 1000D (EOS Kiss F in Japan and the EOS Rebel XS in North America), EOS 10D, EOS 1D Mk2, EOS 1D Mk3, EOS 1D Mk4, EOS 1D Mk2 N, EOS 1Ds Mk2, EOS 1Ds Mk3, EOS 20D, EOS 300D (the Kiss Digital in Japan and the Digital Rebel in North America) , EOS 30D, EOS 350D (the Canon EOS Kiss Digital N in Japan and EOS Digital Rebel XT in North America), EOS 400D (the Kiss Digital X in Japan and the Digital Rebel XTi in North America), EOS 40D, EOS 450D (EOS Kiss X2 in Japan and the EOS Rebel XSi in North America), EOS 500D (EOS Kiss X3 in Japan and the EOS Rebel T1i in North America), EOS 550D (EOS Kiss X4 in Japan, and as the EOS Rebel T2i in North America), EOS 50D, EOS 5D, EOS 5D Mk2, EOS 7D, EOS D30, EOS D60, G2, G3, G5, G6, G9, G10, G11, Pro1, S90
    • Nikon: D100, D1H, D200, D2H, D2Hs, D2X, D2Xs, D3, D3s, D300, D3000, D300s, D3X, D40, D40x, D50, D5000, D60, D70, D700, D70s, D80, D90, P6000
    • Sony: A100, A200, A230, A300, A330, A350, A380, A700, A850, A900, DSC-R1
    • Olympus: C7070, C8080, E1, E10, E20, E3, E30, E300, E330, E400, E410, E420, E450, E500, E510, E520, E620, EP1
    • Pentax (PEF formats only): K100D, K100D Super, K10D, K110D, K200D, K20D, K7, K-x, *ist D, *ist DL, *ist DS
    • Leica: Digilux 3, D-LUX4, M8, M9
    • Minolta: DiMage A1, DiMage A2, Maxxum 7D (Dynax 7D in Europe, a-7 Digital in Japan)
    • Epson: RD1
    • Panasonic: G1, GH1, GF1, LX3


The download is 8MB for 64-bit Windows and 4MB for 32-bit.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Native RAW in Win7
You don't realise the benefits of being able to preview RAW files at the OS level until you can't. I tripped over this with the Vista laptop a while back.
Author:  big_D [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Native RAW in Win7
Yeah, it was a pain and one of the reasons I ended up getting Lightroom...

It seems to be multi-threading capably - it is using 6 of the 8 cores in my laptop when it creates the caches, which is good news. Once the cache has been created, switching between directories is instantaneous.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Native RAW in Win7
No dng codec.
Author:  big_D [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Native RAW in Win7
Might it have something to do with Adobe being persona non grata with Apple and Microsoft?
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Native RAW in Win7
Dammit. Doesn't mention support for the G12. Will try it anyway. Didn't like the DNG stuff and lightroom's a bit of a pain.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Native RAW in Win7
The choices are a bit.. weird. Looking at the Sony list, they're missing the A33 and A55 but they have newer and older models and cheaper and costlier models. It all seems rather arbitrary.

JOn
Author:  big_D [ Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Native RAW in Win7
Could it be that the A33 and A55 use the same RAW as other models and haven't been specifically tested, but may work?

For my EOS, it works fine - whilst the Canon software refuses to load RAW images, because they are not compatible!
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