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47MB and it can’t export to JPEG?

This utility provides for viewing of Canon (CRW & CR2) RAW and Nikon (NEF) RAW files as well as TIFF images and other standard image formats (BMP, GIF, PNG, JPEG etc.). The utility is split into a Windows XP shell extension which provides preview / edit / print commands for RAW files as well as a RAW viewer application

A few days ago Microsoft announced future support for RAW digital camera files. This is a welcome step toward pushing RAW access into the mainstream, but 47MB is enough to package up the entire Canon and Nikon OEM software bundles and then some. WinXP already has JPEG and TIFF support, so maybe this is driven by some temporarily legal / licensing or support issue for now (pure speculation on my part).

See also: comments on Microsoft support for RAW format at OpenRAW.org.

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