Microsoft Release RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer Plugin for Windows XP

The Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer is a free PowerToy for Microsoft Windows XP that provides thumbnails, previews, printing, and metadata display for RAW images from supported Canon and Nikon digital cameras. This tool enables digital photographers to organize and work with RAW files within Windows in much the same way as with JPEG images. No more guessing which image is which!

The following cameras are currently supported by the new update:

Canon EOS	1D, 1Ds, 1D MkII, 1Ds MkII, D30, D60, 10D, 20D, 300D, 350D
Canon Powershot	G2, G3, G5, G6, Pro1, S30, S50, S70
Nikon D-series	D1, D1x, D2H, D2X, D70, D100
Nikon Coolpix	8800, 5700

Microsoft state that other camera models may work, but haven't been tested with the new update.

The future updates will include all the following file formats the following RAW formats:

Vendor	File Extension	Camera Models
Canon	TIF	EOS1D, EOS1Ds
	CRW	EOSD30, D60, 10D, 300D, various Powershot Models
	CR2	EOS20D, 1D MkII, 1Ds MkII, EOS350D
Nikon	NEF	Nikon D-series SLRs and various Coolpix models
Kodak	DCR	Kodak DCS camera models
Olympus	ORF	Olympus E-series camera models
Fuji	RAF	Fuji S-series camera models

The new update can be downloaded from the Microsoft Website here

A whitepaper with full details of the update can be found here