"The next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, will feature support for uncompressed digital camera images--which could change the way people view and edit photos. The company on Wednesday announced deals with camera companies Nikon and Canon, as well as Fuji Photo Film and Adobe Systems, to let Windows users view, print and eventually edit uncompressed digital camera images--which are stored in what's commonly known as a "raw" format."
This is a big leap forward for Microsoft. Whether they can pull this off remains to be seen however. As the article suggests, many camera makers use their own proprietary file format to produce RAW images. Microsoft hopes to create a special Longhorn-friendly image codec standard that camera makers can adopt to insure their products support Longhorn. Sounds good on paper, but can this happen BEFORE Longhorn ships next year?
Longhorn to Support Uncompressed "RAW" Image Format
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