Nikon (NEF) RAW Codec for Windows Vista Free Download
Most professional photographers especially those who are using digital SLR camera prefer to shoot in ‘RAW’ mode, which outputs image in file format that is proprietary to their camera make and model (e.g. .CR2, .NEF, etc.), which stores greater quality of details compared with JPG image file. However, unlike JPEG format, RAW image format cannot be easily opened in Windows operating system prior to Vista without RAW conversion program or third-party image manipulation software. With Windows Vista, the camera manufacturers can take advantage of extensible platform that allows support for these (and other) new file formats to be added to Windows by way of codec.
Other than Canon and Olympus, Nikon has also released Nikon RAW codec for Windows Vista. The Nikon RAW Codec is a software module that enables you to handle RAW image files (.NEF or Nikon Electronic Format) under Microsoft Windows Vista with the same ease as JPEG or TIFF images. With the Nikon RAW codec installed, users can view the Nikon RAW files and thumbnails throughout Windows Vista, and perform most of the same tasks that can be performed on JPG files in the Photo Gallery on their RAW files, including but not limited to view, tag, rate and print.
Download Nikon RAW Codec for Windows Vista (current version 1.0.1) here.
Direct download link to English Nikon RAW Codec NcRawCodec101v.exe.
Nikon RAW Codec supports only 32-bit Vista. The RAW images from the following cameras are supported:
Digital SLR Cameras: D1, D1H, D1X, D100, D2H, D2Hs, D2X, D2Xs, D200, D40, D50, D70, D70s, D80
Digital Compact Cameras: COOLPIX 8800, COOLPIX 8700, COOLPIX 8400, COOLPIX 5700, COOLPIX 5400, COOLPIX 5000
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March 9th, 2009 18:38
Thank you, Cowboy!
It worked like a charm and once you’ve viewed the pictures with the x32 explorer, you can also see the thumbnails with the x64 explorer =)
November 28th, 2008 03:50
How about this guys…..
Download and install Nikons latest 32 bit codec
Construct a shortcut with the following:
%windir%\SysWOW64\explorer.exe /separate /e, d:\pictures
Where I have D:\pictures put in any path.
Gives you all your NEF thumbnails.
I also installed FastStone viewer (free) and it gives me the nef images plus a lot more convenient tool for viewing and deleting.
November 22nd, 2008 18:01
Oops correction- you need to do the import oepration using Windows Photo Gallery 32 bit version- C/Program Files (x86)/Windows Photo Gallery
November 22nd, 2008 17:58
Ardfry’s codec works well but you have to pay.
An alternative workaround that works for me is to open Windows Photo Gallery 64 bit and then import all your RAW photos – use the Add Folder to Gallery feature. During the import process Windows Photo Gallery creates thumbnails for use within Photo Gallery. Somehow these thumbnails attach to the actual RAW photos and then when you next use Windows Explorer you will see the the RAW photos as thumbails and you can browse through them.
Note that I have the Nikon RAW codec installed as well. It installed OK on 64 bit but didnt generate thumbnails. The thumbnails only appeared after doing the import operation described above.
Thanks
Damian
November 15th, 2008 02:15
Barbara, what link did you use to get to a 64bit nikon codec???
thanks much
November 14th, 2008 11:53
Nikon Codec on Vista 64 works fine. Thank you!!
September 17th, 2008 16:56
Thanks – great tip. 2 quick questions- any idea how to make the Nikon Codec display Raw/ NEF files in Windows Explorer ? And how do you make the 32bit version of Photo Gallery the default version ?
Thanks
September 16th, 2008 17:35
You can use the standard Nikon Codec on Vista 64, you just have to make sure you run the 32bit photo gallery and not the 64bit. To do this, run it from the Program Files (x86) directory.
Its the simple!
July 23rd, 2008 08:32
Thanks David- works great in Vista 64
May 24th, 2008 19:57
Cool!
May 24th, 2008 05:16
We are working on a 64 bit NEF codec for Vista x64.
A free trial of the beta version is available.
http://www.ardfry.com/nef-codec/
May 17th, 2008 08:25
I guess there is no choice but wait for Nikon to get their act together and release a 64-bit version of the NEF WIC codec.
May 12th, 2008 00:46
I am very frustrated by not being able to see thumbnails of my D300 NEFs while I explore in Vista on this most powerful HP6700 notebook I just got. Luckily I am able to work with ViewNX and CaptureNX which absolutely terrific imaging tools that work together well! Meanwhile Adobe PS,lightroom and Corel, which I use too, are behind the eight ball somewhat.. NOTHING’s EASY.. I guess.. anyone have any updates? please advise.
April 23rd, 2008 02:41
I am still looking for NEF thumbnail support for XP 64 bit. No luck yet. This is ridiculous. It can’t be THAT hard to develop a fix for this…
Let’s go Nikon. Get it together.
March 16th, 2008 18:28
Has anyone found a solution that allows viewing NEF (from a D300) thumbnails in Windows Explorer when running Vista 64-bit.
Also, there’s a newer version available than the one linked to in this article, so visit the page, not the direct download link. Still, it only officially supports Vista 32-bit
October 28th, 2007 18:57
Hi there, I intalled ViewNX V1.0 (for free) today and it seems to be working fine with Vista 64 bit. Here is the link http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=14370
October 24th, 2007 12:14
Vista? lol
We upgraded from XP to Mac OSX. We use vista on our macs for testing, but our entire 3d/hd video lab runs fine… 64 bit and supports just about every raw format (nef included) even in preview. hmmm… though without pc, we never would have been able to start the business, since macs used to be a joke until around 1999.
September 14th, 2007 16:25
Nikon Capture NX works great with Vista 64 bit and is the best tool, in my opinion, for NEF file manipulation.
September 14th, 2007 16:23
Nikon Capture NX works great with Vista 64 bit and is the best tool in my opinion for NEF file manipulation.
July 7th, 2007 14:23
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.1 supports RAW processing on Vista X64 and has an excellent workflow. Bibble pro works as well.
May 4th, 2007 11:15
A luck, RawShooter work on Vista 64…
May 3rd, 2007 18:25
HI
I have not been able to find any software anywhere that supports Vista 64 bit and Nikon RAW image processing.
Even RAW image viewing seems nigh on impossible. Google’s Picassa sort of works- you can view RAW images but Picassa insists that the RAW images are 700kb in size when in reality they are 5mb each. As a result, in Picassa there is no perceived or actual quality difference between a RAW image and JPEG- what a shame.
I’ve installed Adobe Photoshop CS2 and that doesnt work either- I tried their RAW plugin from version 3 to 3.9 and none of them work ! Adobe’s website says that 64 bit RAW processing is not supported in CS3 and will not be supported in the near future.
Where does that leave me ??? I have thousands of RAW images that I cant even view let alone edit !!!