Microsoft releases codecs to view RAW files in Windows Photo Gallery, Win Explorer

Works pretty well in Windows 7. Now, you no longer need a 3rd party app to view Raw files from Explorer etc.

Photo Gallery now supports raw format

I tried the MS Codecs to see how it worked on my 64-bit Windows 7 system. One thing I didn't like was that it doesn't show the exposure info while viewing thumbnails. I went ahead and re-installed FastPictureViewer Codecs.

If you look at my screenshot below, you'll see the information I'm referring to on the bottom portion of the Windows Explorer window.

I take it you need to download an update for this to work? Pretty cool!

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FoxRacer2 said:

I take it you need to download an update for this to work? Pretty cool!

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Download the appropriate version here.

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

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I noticed that the 3100 and 5100 were missing. So I downloaded it anyways and it works. I guess they just listed the first model of those two lines. So I am figuring it will work for the 5100 aswell.

Eduard said:

Download the appropriate version here.

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Thanks for the link!

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Works great on my Windows 7 lap top. Thanks for the link.

Thanks for that link, with the new 32Gb CF card ordered I may be able to process RAW as quickly as JPEG so thankyou you great forums users for pointing this simpleton towards gold

Finally downloaded it, works great on my laptop. W7 64bit