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Pro photographers will be happy to know that RAW support in Vista continues to improve. The Microsoft Photoblog has [announced][2] new Camera RAW support for Pentax cameras, but unfortunately the new codecs are only available for the 32 bit version of Vista.
Camera RAW continues to be something of a mess on all platforms and still lacks a true industry standard, despite Adobe's attempt at one with the DNG format.
As it stands Adobe and Apple both resort to writing their own codecs, but Microsoft opted to partner with camera manufacturers directly to include the manufacturers' own codecs with Vista.
The downside to that partnership is that Microsoft has been slow in delivering the codecs for Vista users. Neither Microsoft nor [Pentax][3] offer any information on when components for the 64 bit version of Vista might arrive.
Given the potential speed boasts for processor hungry image editing programs running on 64 bit Vista, Microsoft's inability to deliver RAW codecs is surprising.
As it stands, Camera RAW options in Vista [still lag][1] and have numerous [bugs][4], leaving no real reason for photo pros to upgrade.
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_issues_fo.html "Vista Issues For Pro Photographers"
[2]: http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/archive/2007/04/27/pentax-raw-codec-released.aspx "Pentax RAW codec released"
[3]: http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/support/digital/rawcodec_vista.html "PENTAX RAW codec software (for Windows Vista 32 bit)"
[4]: http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/archive/2007/02/12/nikon-raw-codec.aspx "Nikon RAW Codec"
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