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Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP

Look like Microsoft is getting onboard the raw image bandwagon. Today, I noticed that they now have a software to "view thumbnails and previews for RAW images in Windows without use of special software". Is called the Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP. Currently it's free to download and use, but without support:

"Note: We've taken great care to ensure that this tool operates as it should, but it is not part of Windows and is not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about the Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer."

Has anyone tried this software yet?

Chieh Cheng
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:57:28 -0700

I have downloaded and briefly used it on some RAW images stored on my computer. It seems to work very well.
I like it opposed to the program that came with my Canon EOS Rebel because it has better zooming capabilities. I haven't experienced any "freezing" as of yet although I have only used the program once as of this writing. So you may have to download and try it for yourself. Good luck!

Rainer
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:31:37 -0700

Thanks. That sounds encouraging. I was kinda afraid of the TIFF locking issue. I'll have to try it tonight when I get home. At least it supports a ton of Canon and Nikon cameras:

The software supports the following image types:
Canon EOS RAW images (.crw, .cr2, .tif)
Nikon Electronic Format images (.nef)
Bitmap images (.bmp)
JPEG images (.jpg, .jpe, .jpeg)
Windows Metafile images (.wmf)
Tagged Image File Format images (.tif, .tiff)
Graphics Interchange Format images (.gif)
Portable Network Graphics images (.png)

Supported camera models include the following:
Canon EOS 1D
Canon EOS 1Ds
Canon EOS 1D Mark II
Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II
Canon EOS D30
Canon EOS D60
Canon EOS 10D
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EOS Digital Rebel (300D)
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Canon PowerShot G2
Canon PowerShot G3
Canon PowerShot G5
Canon PowerShot G6
Canon PowerShot Pro1
Canon PowerShot s30
Canon PowerShot s50
Canon PowerShot s70

Nikon D1
Nikon D1x
Nikon D2H
Nikon D2x
Nikon D70
Nikon D100
Nikon Coolpix 8800
Nikon Coolpix 5700

Chieh Cheng
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:23:45 -0700

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