In today’s increasing developments for technology and the possibility for even file viewing to be just a click away has been made achievable already. There are several file formats DSLR offers that once transferred to the computer unit may not be viewed right at once. You would then wonder why there has to be several file types when they are all the same Digital SLR cameras. Eventually, that’s because of the quest to achieve a more appealing photo or even a video file. Microsoft introduces its Camera Codec Pack in two available files for download. You may already choose from its 32-bit MicrosoftCodecPack_x86.msi or MicrosoftCodecPack_amd64.msi which is 64-bit in size.

Here goes the list of supported device for this software:

o 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

o 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

o Sony: A100, A200, A230, A300, A330, A350, A380, A700, A850, A900, DSC-R1

o Olympus: C7070, C8080, E1, E10, E20, E3, E30, E300, E330, E400, E410, E420, E450, E500, E510, E520, E620, EP1

o Pentax (PEF formats only): K100D, K100D Super, K10D, K110D, K200D, K20D, K7, K-x, *ist D, *ist DL, *ist DS

o Leica: Digilux 3, D-LUX4, M8, M9

o Minolta: DiMage A1, DiMage A2, Maxxum 7D (Dynax 7D in Europe, α-7 Digital in Japan)

o Epson: RD1

o Panasonic: G1, GH1, GF1, LX3

Unlike some other products, this software does not have a warranty but it is totally free. Codec Pack supports operating systems Windows 7 and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 only. You may download it here for free: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26829.