Another codec update to deal with the RAW metadata issues faced in Vista. Keep reading →

When you try to use Windows Photo Gallery or Windows Explorer on a Windows Vista-based computer to add metadata to a Canon RAW file that has a .tif file name extension, the file is corrupted.

Update now and save your photos metadata! Keep reading →

After you copy an image that is in a RAW file format to a computer that is running Windows Vista, the image does not appear in Windows Photo Gallery. Additionally, you may be unable to view thumbnail images of the picture by using Windows Explorer.

After you try to complete a full format of a hard disk or a removable media in Windows Vista, the full format is not completed. When you try to access the hard disk or the removable media, neither can be accessed. The hard disk or the removable media is a RAW volume.

Note: A RAW volume is a volume that has never been formatted and does not contain a file system. Examples of file systems are FAT, FAT32, and NTFS. Typically, programs that do not require a file system write to a RAW volume. These programs perform direct I/O operations to the RAW volume.

More metadata issues with RAW files. If I were a professional photographer I think I’d be waiting a bit more before using Vista for my work. Keep reading →

If you use metadata on your files, photos for instance, you may run into problems with non-vista software not being able to access that data. Keep reading →

In addition to the previously mentioned Nikon codec, now you’ve got Sony and Olympus to choose from as well. Keep reading →

Install the Nikon RAW codec already? This may explain why you can’t open some of your files… Keep reading →

RAW photo files now require codec’s in Vista, and Nikon has just released theirs. If you’ve got a Nikon digital camera, and you’ve got Vista, this is a must have. Keep reading →