Free RAW Viewer for XP

[Orange Peel]

I'll be taking my XP laptop to a friends wedding next week to backup my shots. I'm not the main photographer but wanted to use it as a free practice.

I know I could copy the files and trust they're OK but I'd like to be able to scan through them just to mate sure they're not corrupted etc.

Is there a free RAW viewer for XP?

 

[RobertP]

I use faststone on my XP netbook.

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

 

[Orange Peel]

Excellent. Thanks for the link

 

[TTK]

I use faststone on my XP netbook.

http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

 

[Nawty]

Picasa does RAW and has a nice preview interface.

 

[terryuk]

there is also a raw viewer on the microsoft site for xp

 

[mrgas]

Picasa does RAW and has a nice preview interface.

i used picasa , but it makes the colours very dull for some reason ( only does this to RAW files)

 

[mmcp42]

can you take RAW and JPG at the same time
preview the JPGs

 

[hollis_f]

All of the above recommendations have the same drawback - they're not looking at the full raw file but the embedded jpeg (or the separate jpeg if you shoot both). That's not really going to tell you for sure if the raw file is corrupted or not.

FastStone does have an option to view an image derived from the actual raw data, but it's very slow (about 20 seconds per image on my netbook). And most software will be about the same speed.

 

[Gordon Scott]

I use FastStone and have no speed issues with it. I don't like Picasa because it colour corrects and have not worked out how to stop it!

 

[Legacy]

Try http://www.exifpro.com/ it's free and shows RAW aswell as other formats...

 

[hollis_f]

I use FastStone and have no speed issues with it.

Are you viewing the embedded jpeg (the default setting) or the full-size raw (needs to be altered in the settings menu)? Even on my Quad-Core processing PC it takes 5 or 6 seconds to show a full-size raw.

 

[purpleclouds]

Canon's own Digital Photo Pro that came with your camera?

 

[Orange Peel]

Thanks for all the suggestions

Canon's own Digital Photo Pro that came with your camera?

I'll see if I can find the box! Didn't think about the most obvious answer!

 

[eos1]

I use Irfanview on my XP box.

It's free and works well.

 

[Gordon Scott]

Are you viewing the embedded jpeg (the default setting) or the full-size raw (needs to be altered in the settings menu)? Even on my Quad-Core processing PC it takes 5 or 6 seconds to show a full-size raw.

Ahhh... ok, that's my new thing learnt today. I guess it depends what the OP is after as to whether they need the full resolution RAW view. I notice if I press "a" key then it toggles to full RAW view from the embedded preview. Cheers G.

 

[Roy C]

You can view the embedded jpeg from the RAW file in either Zoombrowser or DPP that came free with the Camera.

 

[hollis_f]

Ahhh... ok, that's my new thing learnt today. I guess it depends what the OP is after as to whether they need the full resolution RAW view.

Yup, if they want to check for composition the embedded jpeg is perfect. It's also not too bad for checking lighting, focus etc (well, it'll show obvious duds). But it's not going to tell you if part of the rest of the raw file is corrupted, which was one of the OP's goals.