Affinity Photo - Nikon RAW Files

[leopalmer]

In Affinity Photo>File>Open.....Nikon RAW files appear as boxes but no thumbnails. This applies to Nikon D810 and D850 files. Fuji ZT1 thumbnails appear perfectly. Is there a fix?

 

[IanSG]

The thumbnails are provided by the OS - if there's no native support then you'll need an additional codec to display them.  I'd be surprised if Nikon doesn't have something suitable, but I installed the FastPictureViewer Codec Pack on my Windows PC, and that displays everything I've ever thrown at it, including D810 and D850 files.  It's not free, but at $9.99 it's very reasonably priced.  

[leopalmer]

1 hour ago, IanSG said:

The thumbnails are provided by the OS - if there's no native support then you'll need an additional codec to display them.  I'd be surprised if Nikon doesn't have something suitable, but I installed the FastPictureViewer Codec Pack on my Windows PC, and that displays everything I've ever thrown at it, including D810 and D850 files.  It's not free, but at $9.99 it's very reasonably priced.  

Thanks Ian, I use a Windows PC so this information is perfect.

 

[v_kyr]

Nikon also has an own Win NEF codec for such purposes.

[leopalmer]

Thanks for that...….I couldn't be more impressed with this forum.

[IanSG]

2 hours ago, v_kyr said:

Nikon also has an own Win NEF codec for such purposes.

Just out of interest, what's the performance like?  My original requirement was to handle PEF and DNG files, but the performance was too poor.

[leopalmer]

Not bad, certainly as good as Adobe Bridge with CC2019. I'm quite happy.