Comments on: Enabling (Free!) DNG Support in FastPictureViewer and Windows Live Photo Gallery on Windows XP http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/ Digital photography toys and techniques Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:29:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matt http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-1032 Matt Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:32:34 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-1032 @Robbie, I'm glad you have found a solution for your tethering requirements. I need to write a followup tethering post to include FastPictureViewer, Lightroom 3 and the various Nikon SDK based tethering options that have cropped up since this original post. Personally I think that it is Nikon that should be resolving the omission of a free tethering solution. By publishing an SDK they have allowed third parties to fill this gap for users with newer cameras. Unfortunately users with old cameras are still left out in the cold and I'd be surprised if Nikon actually does something to resolve this issue at this late stage in the product lifecycle. @Russ, I'll add ControlMyNikon to the list of software to be reviewed in the followup article. Thanks for pointing it out! @Robbie, I’m glad you have found a solution for your tethering requirements. I need to write a followup tethering post to include FastPictureViewer, Lightroom 3 and the various Nikon SDK based tethering options that have cropped up since this original post.

Personally I think that it is Nikon that should be resolving the omission of a free tethering solution. By publishing an SDK they have allowed third parties to fill this gap for users with newer cameras. Unfortunately users with old cameras are still left out in the cold and I’d be surprised if Nikon actually does something to resolve this issue at this late stage in the product lifecycle.

@Russ, I’ll add ControlMyNikon to the list of software to be reviewed in the followup article. Thanks for pointing it out!

]]> By: Robbie http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-1028 Robbie Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:13:44 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-1028 It would seem that fastpictureviewer.com will solve my problem, but even at $10US I resent having to pay for something that I think should be included. I will simply not use windows photo gallery or windows explorer in my Win 7 64bit for perusing and organising my photos and use Picasa instead. Picasa has supported dng and raw for a very long time for free, so why can't adobe or microsoft fix this omission? It would seem that fastpictureviewer.com will solve my problem, but even at $10US I resent having to pay for something that I think should be included. I will simply not use windows photo gallery or windows explorer in my Win 7 64bit for perusing and organising my photos and use Picasa instead. Picasa has supported dng and raw for a very long time for free, so why can’t adobe or microsoft fix this omission?

]]> By: Matt http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-470 Matt Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:44:44 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-470 @Axel, Looks promising! I've installed it, and if everything works OK after the reboot I'll post something to recommend readers try it instead. I'd much rather point people to a supported, free DNG codec then educate them on how to hack something to work despite the vendor's installer. @Axel, Looks promising! I’ve installed it, and if everything works OK after the reboot I’ll post something to recommend readers try it instead. I’d much rather point people to a supported, free DNG codec then educate them on how to hack something to work despite the vendor’s installer.

]]> By: Axel http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-458 Axel Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:18:29 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/free-dng-codec-for-wic-on-windows-xp/#comment-458 No hack required, 64-bit/32-bit, XP SP3 to Vista to Windows 7, much quicker and a lot more stable than the (still unfinished) beta Adobe DNG codec: http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/ Supports 20 raw formats in total, including DNG of course! No hack required, 64-bit/32-bit, XP SP3 to Vista to Windows 7, much quicker and a lot more stable than the (still unfinished) beta Adobe DNG codec:

http://www.fastpictureviewer.com/codecs/

Supports 20 raw formats in total, including DNG of course!

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