I have been waiting for this for, let me see, one year... but finally they have released a .CRW codec for Vista. This allows me to use the RAW files that my 10d has been writing natively in Vista and the Photo Gallery app. Canon released a version for the CR2 format but I had thought they were just going to leave the older (but still wonderful) cameras out in the cold.
I must add that Canon has always done a great job of driver support and had some of the earliest Vista drivers and support many older hardware as well.
Well done Canon, I can know properly manage my thousands of RAW files with my many more thousands of jpgs.
Oh, here is the link: http://www.canon.com.au/products/cameras/digital_slr/eos_10d_drivers.aspx, click on the driver downloads link. It is called Canon RAW Codec 1.2 for Windows Vista and was release last month.
25/02/08 - UPDATE
James has just left a comment saying the old location no longer worked and he emailed me the new location of the file. It appears that Canon have released an update to ver 1.2 of the codec. It now supports pretty much the entire RAW lineup all the way back to the D30. That is great.
I have a G1 (haven't used it in awhile) but in its day it was a top camera. I took loads of photos with it and many RAW images so it looks like this update will now cover all my images.
Here is the new location:
http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0026049.asp
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