Pentax embeds a Jpeg in every raw. A fast browsing algorithm could take advantage of them. That said, it would mean additional exception coding in any software designed to work with more than one companies raw files. It's extra work that most likely won't be done by anyone other than Pentax.
J. C. O'Connell wrote: > I think due to the nature and size of the RAW data files, > no matter what software you use to view thumbnails is > going to take a considerable amount of time to read and > convert them. This is why RAW+JPEG may be a good practice > when shooting, use the jpegs just for fast browsing. > jco > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Thibouille > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:00 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Windows shell extension to view thumbnails from PEFs > > > On my system it seems to freeze for a couple seconds when updating > thumbnails. Annoying but a very welcome software, for sure. > > 2007/3/17, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> There's a post in the dpreview forums linking to a web page >> >> >> http://www.idfoxx.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=18662&sid=6bbf1ecbb3a940a7 >> 90f1363fecfe0730 >> >> announcing a Windows Shell Extension that lets the standard Windows >> file browser know how to extract thumbnails from .PEFs (and from a >> plethora of other file types, including DNGs). >> >> If you would like to see thumbnails from your Pentax RAW files it >> might be worth giving this a try. I haven't tried it myself yet, but >> there are several favourable reviews in the discussion thread at the >> above link. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
