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5.8 MB), which allows XP to display small NEF file
thumbnails when you view a folder that contains them.
As this book is being written, I can find only codecs for 32-bit
Windows XP and Vista. There should be one available for
Microsoft Windows 7 by the time this book is in your hands,
or maybe it will natively work with the NEF format.
There are also third-party companies, such as Ardfry Imaging,
LLC, that offer various 32- and 64-bit codecs for a small fee
(www.ardfry.com). I bought the Ardfry version for my
computer. If you're running 64-bit Windows Vista or
Windows 7, you may want to check out Ardfry Imaging or do
a little research to see what else is currently available for
viewing NEF files as thumbnails in Windows or on a Mac.
The Nikon CD that came with your camera contains the
Nikon Software Suite for both Macintosh and Windows
computers. It provides Nikon ViewNX, which can be used to
examine your NEF (RAW) files in detail and convert them to
other formats.
The CD also contains Nikon Transfer, a program that helps
you get your images off of the camera and onto your
computer. I really like Nikon Transfer since it helps me
transfer pictures to my computer and leave them on my
memory card too. If I take more pictures on the same memory
card, Nikon Transfer will transfer only the new ones when I
reconnect to the computer.
In a sense, Nikon Transfer acts like a one-way,
memory-card-to-computer synchronizer. As memory cards
get bigger and bigger, I can see a time when I'll keep several
months worth of images on my camera's card and transfer the
newest ones I take to the computer.
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