Microsoft – YLovePhoto https://www.ylovephoto.com/en Intrigued by photography Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:38:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Windows 7: Now with RAW compatibility https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2011/07/27/windows-7-now-with-raw-compatibility/ Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:38:30 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=10737 Microsoft just announced that Windows 7 will now be able to directly read most RAW file formats. This will impact the following applications:

  • Windows Explorer (thumbs and gallery)
  • Windows Live Photo Gallery

The new Microsoft codec brings new compatibility with the following impressive list of cameras:

  • Canon: EOS 1000D (EOS Kiss F in Japan and the EOS Rebel XS in North America), EOS 10D, EOS 1D Mk2, EOS 1D Mk3, EOS 1D Mk4, EOS 1D Mk2 N, EOS 1Ds Mk2, EOS 1Ds Mk3, EOS 20D, EOS 300D (the Kiss Digital in Japan and the Digital Rebel in North America) , EOS 30D, EOS 350D (the Canon EOS Kiss Digital N in Japan and EOS Digital Rebel XT in North America), EOS 400D (the Kiss Digital X in Japan and the Digital Rebel XTi in North America), EOS 40D, EOS 450D (EOS Kiss X2 in Japan and the EOS Rebel XSi in North America), EOS 500D (EOS Kiss X3 in Japan and the EOS Rebel T1i in North America), EOS 550D (EOS Kiss X4 in Japan, and as the EOS Rebel T2i in North America), EOS 50D, EOS 5D, EOS 5D Mk2, EOS 7D, EOS D30, EOS D60, G2, G3, G5, G6, G9, G10, G11, Pro1, S90
  • Nikon: D100, D1H, D200, D2H, D2Hs, D2X, D2Xs, D3, D3s, D300, D3000, D300s, D3X, D40, D40x, D50, D5000, D60, D70, D700, D70s, D80, D90, P6000
  • Sony: A100, A200, A230, A300, A330, A350, A380, A700, A850, A900, DSC-R1
  • Olympus: C7070, C8080, E1, E10, E20, E3, E30, E300, E330, E400, E410, E420, E450, E500, E510, E520, E620, EP1
  • Pentax (PEF formats only): K100D, K100D Super, K10D, K110D, K200D, K20D, K7, K-x, *ist D, *ist DL, *ist DS
  • Leica: Digilux 3, D-LUX4, M8, M9
  • Minolta: DiMage A1, DiMage A2, Maxxum 7D (Dynax 7D in Europe, α-7 Digital in Japan)
  • Epson: RD1
  • Panasonic: G1, GH1, GF1, LX3

If you want to download immediately the English version of the codec pack, just go to the special Microsoft download web site: Microsoft Camera Codec Pack (16.0.0652.0621).

]]> Will Microsoft buy Adobe? https://www.ylovephoto.com/en/2010/10/09/will-microsoft-buy-adobe/ Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:03:59 +0000 https://ylovephoto.com/en/?p=8177 Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, på KTH
Creative Commons License photo credit: Microsoft Sweden

The rumor started yesterday (Friday): Microsoft was on the verge of buying Adobe right off the market. The Adobe stock price shot up by 17% during the day (triggering an automated circuit-breaker to stop pricing), after the announcement of a meeting between Microsoft Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Steve Ballmer and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen.

But the rumor seems already blown out with analysts remarking that the anti-trust authorities of many a country would find reason for investigation and that the expected gains from a simple purchasing are not as high as those coming from a technical and commercial cooperation which would be much easier to setup.

Source: Bloomberg.

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