Updates are now available to Lightroom 1.2, and Camera Raw 4.3. The updates provide raw file support for 14 additional camera models and camera backs within Lightroom and Camera Raw, including the Canon EOS 40D.
We don’t know yet if there have been any other features added, but as far as we can tell this is not a huge update like 1.1 turned out to be. We’ll play with it however and keep you posted. Of course you can find out for yourself! You should get the auto updater as soon as you start Lightroom, and be able to get your own update.
While the monitor is nice, I am most interested in getting behind the lens and checking out the new 51-point auto focus system. It’s coupled with Nikon’s new 3D Focus Tracking Feature and, as long rumored, a live preview of the image on the LCD screen.
Popular Photography has named Lightroom as SOFTWARE OF THE YEAR!
From Popular Photography:
If you’ve ever wondered why so much in Photoshop has so little to do with actual photography, it may all have been in anticipation of Adobe’s powerful new workflow program. Like Apple’s Aperture, last year’s most impressive software, Lightroom organizes, processes, fixes, prints, and shares your images — handling RAW-format shots just like any other kind of file. It does all its fixing non-destructively, allowing you to go back and rework your pictures again and again. Its refinement and smooth operation clearly reflect the wisdom gained from Lightroom’s year of free public beta testing. So will it make you hang up your Photoshop for good? If you rarely dodge, burn in, or make composites — in other words, if you don’t work locally on different areas of your image — you may never need Photoshop again. On the other hand, serious retouchers should consider Lightroom for its organizational, printing, and Web prowess alone.
DPReview has a nice gallery of beta shots from the 40D taken with a pre production camera. From what can be seen here it looks like the 40D has a lot of potential, especially in the noise department.
The sample below was taken at iso3200, and sure we can see noise, but that much noise when cranked all the way up to 3200 is our kind of animal. Heres the full DP review gallery.
Updates are now available to Lightroom 1.2, and Camera Raw 4.3. The updates provide raw file support for 14 additional camera models and camera backs within Lightroom and Camera Raw, including the Canon EOS 40D.
