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

wordfairy

wordfairy

New member
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

Senior Member
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 Both download links are no longer valid (they now default to the Nikon Download center).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

Senior Member
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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