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Thanks to a new plugin of Microsoft, photographers raw can depict look at-directly in Windows. The plugin do not supports can all cameras; the most apparatuses of the popular brands Canon and Nikon however source with the plugin grade crossing.

The free plugin consists of two parts. The first is an expansion of Windows Scout, with which raw-photographs to look at are' s as a thumbnail in Scout. Through with the cursor above a photograph to float, can get the user extra information. Thanks to the rijkheid at information in raw-depict becomes to sort it even possible photographs on various criteria, as diafragma-opening and ISO-speed.

The second part of the plugin is a separate application. With this can depict am looked at as a preview or in a slideshow, and they can be printed.

Photographs in raw-size its especially interesting for photographers that yet expanded want work on their image material. You can compare one bit with the possibilities of a negative: raw-truces contain yet all information and are about that much better manipuleerbaar then compressed jpeg's. De option raw-photograph' s to take is mainly present in high-end cameras, as digital reflex apparatuses.

The general term 'raw' veils however that it for this reason not a standard goes. About all camera manufacturers have their own raw-size. There is even no standard extensie. By Canon, raw-truces (dependent on the camera) carry the extensie. tif,. crw or .cr2. Kodak handles holds the appointment. dcr and Nikon the on. neff.

The multiple at raw-sizes was apparently surplus for Microsoft, for the plugin supports single raw's of Canon and Nikon. Yet it goes DEMANDED yet always round a whole hope popular cameras, below which Canons 300D, 350D, the PowerShot-family and Nikons D70 and CoolPix 8800 and 5700.