Nikon has released an updated version of their RAW (NEF) Codec for Vista that resolves an issue that caused it to suddenly stop working last week. Apparently the problem had something to do with an expired certificate. The new Codec is still labeled version 1.01. However, if you uninstall the old 1.00 or 1.01 codec, and install this new one , you'll be back in business. I mentioned back in January that I have stopped shooting JPG images, in favour of only shooting RAW (NEF) images. I am still using

Two nice new downloads for photographers made me re-think my photo-processing pipeline today. Nikon has released their RAW (NEF) Codec for Vista . Follow the link to download it, or open Vista's Windows Photo Gallery and it will automatically check for updates and prompt you. You'll get Vista Live Icons for RAW images, as well as support for NEF files in Windows Photo Gallery. And Microsoft recently released Microsoft Photo Info , a free plug-in which lets you right-click to edit metadata for a number