Hello and... (am looking for help about NEF}

wordfairy

wordfairy

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Hello Everyone!
Am new here and I was hoping to find help on this problem I encountered:
"The RAW image extension is required to display this file"
That is what I get for 7 out of 130 raw files I took from a recent trip
I shoot RAW+Basic with my D7100
Thank you in advance to Everyone who will reply!
 
BF Hammer

BF Hammer

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Assuming you are viewing with a Windows PC here.

Nikon Rumors reported in April about the NEF codec is no longer available to download at Nikon.
nikonrumors.com

It seems that Nikon no longer offers the NEF/NRW Codec download option on their website - Nikon Rumors

In October last year, Nikon released the latest versions of NRW Codec (v.1.9.0) and NEF Codec (v.1.31.4). Both download links are no longer valid (they now default to the Nikon Download center). Unless this is an error, it seems that Nikon will no longer provide future NEF/NRW Codec updates. If...
nikonrumors.com nikonrumors.com

Reddit has a thread about this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nikon/comments/1kyslcq
And in that thread is a link to a hidden archive for the codec download.
 
BF Hammer

BF Hammer

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Another non-Nikon solution (maybe).

apps.microsoft.com

Raw Image Extension - Microsoft Apps

THIS VERSION OF RAW IMAGE EXTENSION INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR CR3 FILES IN ADDITION TO OTHER BUG FIXES! Thanks for your interest in the Raw Image Extension. You can acquire the extension to install on your devices but Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version number 1903) is required to install the...
apps.microsoft.com

It also appears that if you might install something like RawTherapee on you computer for editing, the open-source RawLib extension is installed with that. So that may also make things work.
 
wordfairy

wordfairy

New member
BF Hammer said:
Another non-Nikon solution (maybe).

apps.microsoft.com

Raw Image Extension - Microsoft Apps

THIS VERSION OF RAW IMAGE EXTENSION INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR CR3 FILES IN ADDITION TO OTHER BUG FIXES! Thanks for your interest in the Raw Image Extension. You can acquire the extension to install on your devices but Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version number 1903) is required to install the...
apps.microsoft.com

It also appears that if you might install something like RawTherapee on you computer for editing, the open-source RawLib extension is installed with that. So that may also make things work.
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Thank you very much for this and your first reply, too, BF Hammer!

And yes, you are correct.
Viewing using Windows

Am going to check out codec and RawTherapee

I realized I should have shared these 2 screenshots
1. The error message
2. File explorer view showing how some of the raw images are displaying, and some do.

Thanks very much again
Screenshot (1056).png
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Needa

Needa

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wordfairy said:
Thank you very much for this and your first reply, too, BF Hammer!

And yes, you are correct.
Viewing using Windows

Am going to check out codec and RawTherapee

I realized I should have shared these 2 screenshots
1. The error message
2. File explorer view showing how some of the raw images are displaying, and some do.

Thanks very much againView attachment 422051View attachment 422052
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It's been a long time since I've used windows, did you try clicking on link below the missing codec message to see if it would install it?
 
nikonbill

nikonbill

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wordfairy, hello and welcome!

I am a windows user (Windows 11) and have been using a program called "irfanview" to "look" through Nikon RAW files before editing. I saw this tip on another photo site. It works very well for me, you can set it up any way you like. I set it to "open" RAW file extensions. This way when pulling up any stored RAW files it will allow easy viewing.

Windows photo viewer will start up correct but then turn darker making your image look strange (sadly this is how Windows is working at this time) even with the correct codec installed.

You can even set it to open a file you are viewing with an installed photo editor, this makes looking at your shots "easy".

I'm not sure if I should post a link to their site, its an easy google below is their banner
Irfanview.jpg


Hope this helps
 
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