There's one, but not free :(
It is up to you to judge is 30 US$ (AFAIR) is good money for that or not.
Note that it supports metadate editing etc. so it is fairly complete
although not free.
Microsoft links of codecs do point to that codec. Contrary to what
Microsoft states on this link the
It is possible, I'm not concerned a 64bit release so I didn't pay any
attention to this.
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That would limit any serious use of Vista Photo Gallery as picture
viewer/organizer. Thanks for the advice on PEF codec but it doesn't
/ open RAW files.
Otherwise for my use Vista 64-bit is very fast and very good. If only
Epson would release a 64-bit driver for my 2450 scanner, I could get rid
of XP.
Henk
William Robb schreef:
- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join
At 04:14 PM 16/05/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't believe JPGs would no longer be shown in Vista in near future.
But I don't care much about thumbnails as long as files can be
viewed/organized with the right software such as PS Elements, LR or
Picasa. Vista Photo Gallery disqualifies itself
Here's another link that caught my attention...
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/06/05/ted-2007-microsoft-seadragon-and-photosynth/
Metaverse...!?!
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- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join forces.
I am so glad I decided not to sidegrade myself to Vista with my new
computer. Whether or not
there is a fight going on between Adobe or Microsoft is moot, it is still
up to Microsoft to
make
I'm finding this somewhat disturbing. Your hard won photographs are now
nothing more than data. Your intended use and context is forgotten...
Maybe that doesn't disturb anyone else...
Bong Manayon wrote:
Here's another link that caught my attention...
Adam Maas schreef:
MS relies on the camera maker to support its RAW formats. Most camera
makers are not supporting 64 bit software.
Not sure what you mean there. Both PS Elements and Picasa work under
Vista 64 and both do show Pentax RAW files, so why couldn't Vista Photo
Gallery?
Vista
It's very impressive technically, despite terms like 'visual photos'
and 'visual cameras', but I don't think you need to be disturbed. I
don't expect you'll be forced to contribute your pictures to it
against your will (they are still copyright after all), and your
pictures' intended use and
Worst case here would be WMP specs are never released under Microsoft's
Open Specification Promise, Pentax adopts it as the sole image format
and Microsoft prosecutes free software writers.
I'm glad I switched to RAW.
Adam Maas wrote:
Bob, their photos were skimmed off Flicker, who says you'll be asked?
If Google takes a photo from space of Cotty lying naked in his garden,
and this software merges it with a picture taken a couple of years ago
of the previous owners lying naked in the next spot, what will people
think
David Savage schreef:
I'm running XP x64 my Epson 3200 doesn't have 64 bit drivers
available either.
I got around this PITA by buying VueScan .
Cheers,
Dave
That is useful to know. Under Vista 64-bit Vuescan does work as well.
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On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam Maas schreef:
MS relies on the camera maker to support its RAW formats. Most camera
makers are not supporting 64 bit software.
Not sure what you mean there. Both PS Elements and Picasa work under
Vista 64 and both
Adam Maas schreef:
Vista Photo Gallery uses the same codec plugins to drives its RAW
support that Windows Explorer uses to show thumbnails, so you get both
when you get the codec from the camera manufacturer. MS does not
handle RAW support themselves. PS Elements relies on an Adobe-sourced
Op Fri, 16 May 2008 02:12:42 +0200 schreef William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
- Original Message -
From: Lucas Rijnders
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join forces.
Don't bet on it: There appears to be a bit of a row between Adobe and
Microsoft. At work I have a Vista 64 bit
Lucas Rijnders wrote:
If I replace my ageing PC, I will be looking hard at a nice portable mac
to complement my wife's iMac. I really liked the small 13 ones they had a
couple of months ago... The are one or two windows-only (CAD) applications
I'd like to run, but dual-boot would be fine
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Bruce Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lucas Rijnders wrote:
If I replace my ageing PC, I will be looking hard at a nice portable mac
to complement my wife's iMac. I really liked the small 13 ones they had a
couple of months ago... The are one or two
Adam Maas wrote:
As does Parallels for less money and smoother integration than VMWare.
With respect, I would _not_ take that as a given. :-)
Since they both offer a 30-day eval period, the wise shopper should
evaluate them both in actual use and see how they behave.
In my own testing
Thibouille schreef:
Now that fun has been spread :) I seriously wonder what the benefit
might be for each parties?
Windows Vista Photo Gallery doesn't show DNG nor PEF files, in contrast
to Picasa. Some co-operation is needed there..
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PEF should be displayed as soon as you install the PEF codec which is
linked from Microsoft's own website.
As of DNG, MS won't support an Adobe format and Adobe seems they don't
wanna support Microsoft (nor their customers in this case).
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Henk Terhell [EMAIL
That would limit any serious use of Vista Photo Gallery as picture
viewer/organizer. Thanks for the advice on PEF codec but it doesn't seem
to work on 64-bit.
Henk
Thibouille schreef:
PEF should be displayed as soon as you install the PEF codec which is
linked from Microsoft's own website.
Henk Terhell wrote:
That would limit any serious use of Vista Photo Gallery as picture
viewer/organizer. Thanks for the advice on PEF codec but it doesn't seem
to work on 64-bit.
Does anyone know if the Pentax codec will work on XP or is the plug-in
photo viewer codec a feature only of
I'm sure that there's a third party Codec for DNG available, possibly
for free. However that might violate your EULA with Microsoft.
Thibouille wrote:
PEF should be displayed as soon as you install the PEF codec which is
linked from Microsoft's own website.
As of DNG, MS won't support an
I'm using an XP codec in Win2K. It works fairly well. Does use a
fare bit of memory though.
Doug Franklin wrote:
Henk Terhell wrote:
That would limit any serious use of Vista Photo Gallery as picture
viewer/organizer. Thanks for the advice on PEF codec but it doesn't seem
to work on
- Original Message -
From: Thibouille
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join forces.
PEF should be displayed as soon as you install the PEF codec which is
linked from Microsoft's own website.
As of DNG, MS won't support an Adobe format and Adobe seems they don't
wanna
Op Thu, 15 May 2008 15:14:37 +0200 schreef William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
- Original Message -
From: Thibouille
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join forces.
PEF should be displayed as soon as you install the PEF codec which is
linked from Microsoft's own website
- Original Message -
From: Lucas Rijnders
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join forces.
Don't bet on it: There appears to be a bit of a row between Adobe and
Microsoft. At work I have a Vista 64 bit workstation, and PDF's don't show
as thumbnails and don't show a preview
William Robb wrote:
I am so glad I decided not to sidegrade myself to Vista with my new computer.
Whether or not
there is a fight going on between Adobe or Microsoft is moot, it is still up
to Microsoft to
make their OS compatable with industry standard file types. Next thing, they
- Original Message -
From: Doug Franklin
Subject: Re: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join forces.
I am so glad I decided not to sidegrade myself to Vista with my new
computer. Whether or not
there is a fight going on between Adobe or Microsoft is moot, it is still up
to Microsoft
On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:37:36 -0400, Rebekah wrote
Every time you format your memory card it will ask...Are you sure?
Really?.
Maybe it will be every time you try to grab that perfect shot - you
know, the one you can't believe you're actually holding your camera
Now that fun has been spread :) I seriously wonder what the benefit
might be for each parties?
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now that fun has been spread :) I seriously wonder what the benefit
might be for each parties?
...?
;-)
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Looking at the particle, basicaly Hoya Pentax will pay Microsoft. I
wonder what they will get in return.
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How about this?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6076650.html
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looking at the particle, basicaly Hoya Pentax will pay Microsoft. I
wonder what they will get in return.
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Bong Manayon wrote:
How about this?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6076650.html
And this:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/05/13/why-does-microsoft-want-pentaxs-patents
For small hand held devices, like Microsoft's Zune media player,
adding a camera is a natural
I can see now! Pentax got Kudos for including DNG in the file options so
they're going to add WMP as an option. Take that Canon!
Bong Manayon wrote:
How about this?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6076650.html
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Advertising, and a big market for point and shoot cameras.
Paul
On May 14, 2008, at 3:45 AM, Thibouille wrote:
Looking at the particle, basicaly Hoya Pentax will pay Microsoft. I
wonder what they will get in return.
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I don't know, it seems more likely the Microsoft is after something to
do with endoscopy
Mark Roberts wrote:
Bong Manayon wrote:
How about this?
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6076650.html
And this:
I also think the writer is more or less clueless to whit...
Pentax doesn't seem to do anything else that's likely to interest
Microsoft. It dabbles in the medical field,
I thought Pentax was a farely big player in endosocpes. They have/had
an entire division dedicated to them.
Dabbling
Not WMP, but possibly MS's JPEG replacement format that looks pretty
good (better IQ than JPEG under moderate to high compressions, 16 bit
support)
-Adam
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:51 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can see now! Pentax got Kudos for including DNG in the file options
2008/5/14 P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I also think the writer is more or less clueless to whit...
Pentax doesn't seem to do anything else that's likely to interest
Microsoft. It dabbles in the medical field,
I thought Pentax was a farely big player in endosocpes. They have/had
an entire
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Any guesses as to which Pentax patents Microsoft is interested in?
Here's mine: The horizontally-sliding lens
Microsoft's Jpeg replacement is called Windows Media Photo, so WMP. I
have no idea what it's actual extension will be or is if they've
actually released it. .
Adam Maas wrote:
Not WMP, but possibly MS's JPEG replacement format that looks pretty
good (better IQ than JPEG under moderate to
Everything works better with Vista, Microsoft says so.
David J Brooks wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Adam Maas wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Any guesses as
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
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Adam Maas wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
Yes. In addition, it will arrive quite a few years after promised,
stripped of most of the hoped-for new features. It will also be
On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:46:37 -0400, Bruce Walker wrote
Adam Maas wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pe
ntax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
Yes. In addition, it will arrive quite a few years after promised,
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM, John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You'll also have to switch the camera off and back on again every time you
alter something in the settings menu 8)
And when you buy a new lens, you'll get a message that says, The
camera has detected new hardware, and
- Original Message -
From: Adam Maas
Subject: Microsoft and Hoya Pentax join forces.
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
Only if they get Microsoft to write firmware updates
Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM, John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You'll also have to switch the camera off and back on again every time you
alter something in the settings menu 8)
And when you buy a new lens, you'll get a message that says, The
camera has
On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:05 +0100, drew wrote
Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM, John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You'll also have to switch the camera off and back on again every time
you
alter something in the settings menu 8)
And when you buy a new
John Whittingham wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:05 +0100, drew wrote
Matthew Hunt wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM, John Whittingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You'll also have to switch the camera off and back on again every time
you
alter something in the settings menu 8)
And
John Whittingham wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:05 +0100, drew wrote
Then phone Pentax customer support in Japan for an authorization
code because they fear you might be using the camera without a license
Drew
Then the lens police will come knocking every time it performs an
Adam Maas wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Any guesses as to which Pentax patents Microsoft is interested in?
Here's mine: The horizontally-sliding lens design of the Altoids tin
Optio cameras.
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On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:10:18 -0400, Bruce Walker wrote
John Whittingham wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:05 +0100, drew wrote
Then phone Pentax customer support in Japan for an authorization
code because they fear you might be using the camera without a
license
Drew
On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:10:18 -0400, Bruce Walker wrote
John Whittingham wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:05 +0100, drew wrote
Then phone Pentax customer support in Japan for an authorization
code because they fear you might be using the camera without a
license
Drew
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
But according to Dave Brook's rumour posted from DPreview yesterday,
Pentax is heading
It means that Pentax Technical support will now tell you absolutely true
things that are totally useless in solving your problem.
I really want the Cotty Reply to this one.
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 458-8873
FAX: (540)
Or maybe the IS algorithms so when you get mad and start shaking your
monitor.
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/13/08 1:46 PM
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
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On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:00:36 -0400, Steve Desjardins wrote
Or maybe the IS algorithms so when you get mad and start shaking your
monitor.
Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/13/08 1:46 PM
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pe
ntax_join_forces/
Does
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:53 PM, frank theriault
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
But
On 13/5/08, Steve Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed:
I really want the Cotty Reply to this one.
What a loada bollocks!
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I don't know about that. The idea of the Windows boot-up sequence on my
LCD for about a minute or so when I switch on my K5000D has a certain
familiar and comforting cham to it . . .
Steven Desjardins
Department of Chemistry
Washington and Lee University
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FAX:
Steve Desjardins wrote:
I don't know about that. The idea of the Windows boot-up sequence on my
LCD for about a minute or so when I switch on my K5000D has a certain
familiar and comforting cham to it . . .
Except ... you have a once-in-a-lifetime shot lined up and focused, and
as you
Every time you format your memory card it will ask...Are you sure?
Really?.
Maybe it will be every time you try to grab that perfect shot - you
know, the one you can't believe you're actually holding your camera
for..Are you sure? Press 'Yes' to continue
Any guesses
I hope that's the worst thing that happens...
Adam Maas wrote:
http://www.photographyblog.com/index.php/weblog/comments/microsoft_and_hoya_pentax_join_forces/
Does this mean the K30D will bluescreen?
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