Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer for Windows XP

[Chris Gohlke]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d48e808e-b10d-4ce4-a141-5866fd4a3286&displaylang=en' target='_blank'>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d48e808e-b10d-4ce4-a141-5866fd4a3286&displaylang=en</a><br /><br /></div>We recently reported that <a href="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8401">Longhorn will support RAW images</a>. Now Microsoft has released a RAW viewer for XP. <br /><br /><i>"The Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer is a free “PowerToy” for Microsoft Windows XP that provides the ability to view, organize, and print photos captured in RAW image formats from supported digital cameras."</i><br /><br />For you dial-up users, be warned, it is almost a 50 MB download. Enjoy!

[flooder]

Remember 1985. A autofocus SLR is introduced. Canon &amp; Nikon race to catch up.

Flip ahead 20 years and we have the mirror universe. Where is my Minolta RAW support from Micro$oft??????? :evil: It's a great camera and it get's no respect!

[OSUKid7]

I installed this yesterday, and it works quite well. So well that I think I'll start shooting mostly in RAW now, on my next trip in just over a week. I also have Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 installed, which I use to manage my digital photos, but I guess the Windows Explorer support pushed me over the edge into RAW land. :)