Category: Camera Raw

Camera Raw 7.4 is now available as a final release through the update mechanism in Photoshop CS6.  The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Camera Raw.  Customers of previous versions of Photoshop can utilize DNG Converter 7.4 for raw file support for newly added cameras.

Changes to Existing Camera Support:

Camera Raw 7.4  includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the X-Trans sensor. This specifically impacts the following cameras:

• Fujifilm X-Pro1 (*)
• Fujifilm X-E1 (*)
• Fujifilm X100S
• Fujifilm X20

(*) Based on user feedback, the default sharpening amount applied to Fujifilm X-Pro1 and Fujifilm X-E1 raw files has been increased between Camera Raw 7.4 Release Candidate and the final Camera Raw 7.4 release.

Camera Raw 7.4 includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with the EXR sensor. This correction applies only to raw images captured using the “EXR HR” mode with the following cameras:

• Fujifilm X10
• Fujifilm XF1
• Fujifilm X-S1
• Fujifilm S200EXR
• Fujifilm HS20EXR
• Fujifilm HS30EXR
• Fujifilm F550EXR
• Fujifilm F600EXR
• Fujifilm F770EXR
• Fujifilm F800EXR

Adjusted Nikon default white balance for the following camera models:

• NikonD2X
• NikonD2Xs
• NikonD2Hs
• NikonD200
• NikonD40
• NikonD50
• NikonD80

– Fix default aspect ratio support for Fujifilm X-E1 raw files.

Bugs Corrected in Camera Raw 7.4:

The following bugs that were part the Camera Raw 7 releases have been corrected. The team appreciates the very detailed feedback the community has provided on Camera Raw 7 and we’re excited to correct a number of issues experienced by our customers. These issues have been FIXED:

• Improve interactive performance at intermediate zoom levels (e.g., 33% and 66%).
• Remove strong color cast when converting images to grayscale.
• Rendering of floating-point HDR images with unexpected embedded ICC profiles (non-linear gamma).
• Ensure that local adjustments are synced properly when copying & pasting settings in Bridge.
• Prevent point curve adjustments from disappearing off the top and bottom when using the arrow keys to adjust curve points.
• Square tile artifacts while painting with local adjustment brush.
• Grid overlay artifacts in Lens Correction panel when adjusting crop rectangle.
• Shortcut (control-click, right-click) to adjust local adjustment brush size and feather size.
• Local adjustment redrawing incorrectly after selecting a pin.
• Redraw error with the noise reduction option-drag visualization.
• Redraw error when local adjustment mouse over rollover mask, etc.
• Crash when adding a custom input/output values in per-channel RGB point curves.
• Color casts when using the Camera Calibration saturation sliders.
• Line artifacts when processing floating-point images with a rotated crop.
• Crash when using the local adjustment brush. This only occurs on images with a large number of local adjustments and on a system with limited RAM.

New Camera Support in Camera Raw 7.4:

1. Canon EOS 1D C
2. Canon EOS 100D (Digital Rebel SL1 / EOS Kiss Digital X7)
3. Canon EOS 700D (Digital Rebel T5i / EOS Kiss Digital X7i)
4. Casio Exilim EX-ZR700
5. Casio Exilim EX-ZR710
6. Casio Exilim EX-ZR750
7. Fujifilm FinePix F900EXR
8. Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR
9. Fujifilm FinePix SL1000
10. Fujifilm X100s
11. Fujifilm X20
12. Hasselblad H5D-40
13. Hasselblad H5D-50
14. Hasselblad Lunar
15. LEICA M (Typ 240)
16. Nikon 1 J3
17. Nikon 1 S1
18. Nikon D7100
19. Nikon Coolpix A
20. Nikon Coolpix P330 (**)
21. Olympus XZ-10
22. Pentax MX-1
23. Samsung NX300
24. Sony Alpha NEX-3N
25. Sony Alpha SLT-A58

** denotes preliminary support

New Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 7.4:

Lens Name	Lens Mount
Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM	Canon
Canon EF 24-70mm f/4 L IS USM	Canon
SIGMA 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM C013	Canon
SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM A012	Canon
Nikon 1 NIKKOR 18.5mm f/1.8	Nikon
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4G ED VR	Nikon
SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM A012	Nikon
TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD A009N	Nikon
TAMRON SP 90mm F/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1 VC USD	Nikon
F004N	Nikon
SIGMA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO HSM	Pentax
SIGMA 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM C013	Sigma
SIGMA 35mm F1.4 DG HSM A012	Sigma
SIGMA 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO HSM	Sony
SIGMA APO MACRO 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM	Sony
Sony E 10-18mm F4 OSS	Sony
TAMRON SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di USD A007S	Sony

Download Links

Camera Raw 7.4 – Please use the update mechanism in Photoshop CS6

DNG Converter 7.4 – Windows, Mac

Camera Raw 6.1 is now available as a final release on Adobe.com and through the update mechanisms available in Photoshop CS5. This update includes camera support for the following models:

• Canon EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/ EOS Kiss X4 Digital)
• Kodak Z981
• Leaf Aptus-II 8
• Leaf Aptus-II 10R
• Mamiya DM40
• Olympus E-PL1
• Olympus E-600
• Panasonic G2
• Panasonic G10
• Sony A450

 

Release Notes

• Camera Raw 6.1 includes new lens correction functionality that can apply profile-based corrections to accommodate geometric distortions, chromatic aberration and lens vignette effects. Manual corrections for geometric distortion as well as vertical and horizontal perspective transforms are also available. A handful of lens profiles are included for automatic correction and more can be created by the community with the Adobe Lens Profile Creator. (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lensprofile_creator/)
• This release addresses a bug on the Mac platform that could cause Photoshop CS5 to quit unexpectedly when opening a file in the Camera Raw 6.0 plug-in.
• This release contains performance enhancements designed to improve the responsiveness of the controls and the scrolling mechanism relative to Camera Raw 6.0.
• The camera support provided in this release was previously provided in the Camera Raw 5.7 plug-in update with the exception of the Olympus E-600 which is new to this update. Please read the following blog post for an explanation of why redundant support has been released.
• Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on our Camera Raw 6.1 Release Candidate

Camera Raw 6.1 isnow available on Adobe Labs.(Camera Raw 6.1) The release includes camera support for the following models:

• Canon EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/ EOS Kiss X4 Digital)
• Kodak Z981
• Leaf Aptus-II 8
• Leaf Aptus-II 10R
• Mamiya DM40
• Olympus E-PL1
• Olympus E-600
• Panasonic G2
• Panasonic G10
• Sony A450

Release Notes

• Camera Raw 6.1 includes new lens correction functionality that can apply profile-based corrections to accommodate geometric distortions, chromatic aberration and lens vignette effects. Manual corrections for geometric distortion as well as vertical and horizontal perspective transforms are also available. A handful of lens profiles are included for automatic correction and more can be created by the community with the Adobe Lens Profile Creator. (http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lensprofile_creator/)
• This release addresses a bug on the Mac platform that could cause Photoshop CS5 to quit unexpectedly when opening a file in the Camera Raw 6.0 plug-in.
• This release contains performance enhancements designed to improve the responsiveness of the controls and the scrolling mechanism relative to Camera Raw 6.0.
• The camera support provided in this release was previously provided in the Camera Raw 5.7 plug-in update with the exception of the Olympus E-600 which is new to this update. Please read the following blog post for an explanation of why redundant support has been released.
• Please provide feedback on the Camera Raw plug-in on the User to User forums

Camera Raw 5.7 and Lightroom 2.7 are now available on Adobe Labs.(Camera Raw 5.7, Lightroom 2.7) The release includes new camera support for the following models:

• Canon EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/ EOS Kiss X4 Digital)
• Kodak Z981
• Leaf Aptus-II 8
• Leaf Aptus-II 10R
• Mamiya DM40
• Olympus E-PL1
• Panasonic G2
• Panasonic G10
• Sony A450

Release Notes

• Slideshow playback on Windows could cause Lightroom and/or the computer to crash. This has been corrected in Lightroom 2.7
• In Lightroom 2.7 the camera raw cache limit was increased to 200GB
• Please provide feedback on the Camera Raw plug-in on the User to User forums
• Please provide feedback on the Lightroom release candidate here.

The Camera Raw 5.5 and DNG Converter 5.5 Release Candidates are now available on Adobe Labs. The release includes new camera support for the following models:

• Nikon D300s
• Nikon D3000
• Olympus E-P1
• Panasonic DMC-FZ35

Of course you’ll also be able to read raw files from the new Ricoh GR Digital III but because they’re DNG files you didn’t need to wait for this update.

This release also includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms for Bayer sensor cameras with unequal green response.

Please provide feedback on your experience with the Camera Raw 5.5 plug-in and the DNG Converter on the Camera Raw User to User forum.

Camera Raw 5.3 and Lightroom 2.3 Release Candidates are now available on Adobe Labs.(Camera Raw 5.3, Lightroom 2.3) The release includes new camera support for the following models:

• Nikon D3X
• Olympus E-30  

There are several bug fixes in this update :

• In the Windows 64-bit version of Lightroom an sFTP upload process could cause Lightroom to crash
• Slideshows could return to the first image randomly during playback
• A memory leak could cause Lightroom to crash while attempting to process files with local adjustments
• Canon EOS 5D Mk II sRAW files could process with artifacts in Lightroom 2.2
• Lightroom 2.2 could cause disc burning to fail for Windows customers

Additional Languages
Lightroom 2.3 now provides language support for the following additional languages:

• Chinese (Simplified)
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Dutch
• Italian
• Korean
• Portuguese (Brazilian)
• Spanish
• Swedish

The translation effort for these languages is over 90% complete in this release. We appreciate your feedback as we complete this work so that we can ensure that the final release provides a high quality update for all of these new languages. If you find a translation error or problem with these new language versions please report them here: Bug Report Form

Notes on the Additional Languages

• Localized help is not yet available for these additional language versions
• The new language versions cannot be installed simultaneously with the English/French/German 2.3 RC build

I’d like to thank everyone who contributed in the Adobe User to User forums to help us track down some of the bugs we corrected in this release.

Camera Raw 4.6 and the DNG Converter 4.6 has been posted to Adobe.com for Mac and Windows. This will be the last Camera Raw update for CS3 customers and it includes support for raw formats from the following 15 camera models:

• Canon 1000D (Digital Rebel XS/EOS Kiss F)

• Canon 50D

• Fuji FinePix IS Pro

• Kodak EasyShare Kodak Z1015 IS

• Leaf AFi II 6

• Leaf AFi II 7

• Leaf Aptus II 6

• Leaf Aptus II 7

• Nikon D700

• Nikon D90

• Nikon Coolpix P6000

• Olympus SP-565 UZ

• Pentax K2000 (K-m)

• Sigma DP1

• Sony A900

You won’t find this update listed on our traditional camera raw page as we are moving quickly towards updates specific to the Camera Raw 5 and the CS4 release. For our Lightroom customers, similar camera support can also be found in Lightroom 2.1 currently available on Adobe Labs as a Release Candidate.

The Camera Raw 4.6 and DNG Converter Release Candidates (RC) are now available on Adobe Labs. The ‘release candidate’ label indicates that the plug-in is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers. The Camera Raw team would like the community to help verify the quality of the plug-in through normal usage as this will ensure that the plug-in is tested on a diversity of hardware and software configurations not available internally at Adobe.

This release includes official camera support for the following cameras:

• Fuji Finepix IS Pro
• Nikon D700
• Nikon D90
• Nikon Coolpix P6000

Please provide feedback on your experience with the Camera Raw 4.6 plug-in and the DNG Converter on the Camera Raw User to User forum.

Camera Raw provided ‘unofficial’ support for the Nikon D700 raw format in Camera Raw 4.5.(And Lightroom 2.0)   That support has been certified without requiring any changes to the previous implementation.  Camera Raw is often able to provide unofficial or preliminary support for new camera raw formats.  While this support is not fully tested and certified by our Quality Engineering team it does allow photographers who have acquired more recent camera models to open and work with their raw files.  In Camera Raw 4.6, photographers with the following cameras will be able to utilize this preliminary support:  Canon Rebel XS, Canon 50D, Olympus SP-565 UZ, Sony A900 and Sigma DP1.  (Sigma DP1 support is not finalized due to an unresolved white balance bug that will require additional testing)

Lightroom 1.2 and Camera Raw 4.2 are now available.  Lightroom customers will receive an update notification through Lightroom and Photoshop CS3 users will be able to download the Camera Raw 4.2 update through the Adobe Update Manager. This update also includes the DNG Converter 4.2.  Details as well as direct links for all updates are listed below. 

Regards,
Tom Hogarty

Lightroom and Camera Raw Update Downloads
Lightroom 1.2:         Macintosh   Windows
Camera Raw 4.2:     Macintosh   Windows

Newly Supported Raw File Formats

Canon	EOS 40D
Fuji	FinePix IS-1
Leaf	Aptus 17
Leaf	Aptus 54s
Leaf	Aptus 75s
Olympus	EVOLT E-510
Panasonic	DMC-FZ18
Pentax	K100D Super
Phase One	P 20 +
Phase One	P 21 +
Phase One	P 25 +
Phase One	P 30 +
Phase One	P 45 +
Sony	Alpha 700

(Unofficial Support will be included for the Canon G9 camera model. ”Unofficial” just means that our engineering and quality engineering team has yet to certify the quality of the support but Lightroom and Camera Raw will read the files)

Camera Raw 4.2 Notes and Corrections:

• Camera Raw 4.2 does not support the Canon EOS 1D Mark III SRAW format at this time
• Lightroom and Camera Raw will be updated together to ensure raw format and settings compatibility
• Noise reduction adjustment for all cameras with Bayer Pattern sensor:  The base point noise reduction applied at the demosaic stage of raw processing has been reduced.  The resulting effect is that images with zero luminance noise reduction applied in Camera Raw 4.2 will contain more noise than the identical settings in Camera Raw 4.1 but less noise than identical settings in Camera Raw 4.0. (This Applies to Lightroom 1.2 as well)

Lightroom 1.2 Notes and Corrections:
Lightroom 1.2 includes corrections for the following issues

• Lightroom 1.1 catalogs with user-specified sort order could not be imported into another catalog
• Lightroom 1.1 for Windows could at times display gray boxes instead of image thumbnails
• Lightroom 1.1 for Windows could at times display gray boxes instead of image thumbnails
• The preference to write XMP metadata automatically in Lightroom 1.1 could attempt to write metadata indefinitely for offline images causing significant performance problems
• Images could be dropped from the Quick Collection upon reordering of the source folder
• Catalogs could not be exported to drives smaller than 250MB
• The Web Module was not accessible in Lightroom 1.1 on the Macintosh platform when Lightroom was installed on case-sensitive volumes such as the Case Sensitive HFS+ (Journaled) volume
• Errors occurred exporting to a Linux SMB network volume
• Scroll position in the grid view was not maintained when changing the view option using the J shortcut key
• The tokens for image number and image count were not displaying properly in the Slideshow module
• The metadata panel could display incorrectly on Windows
• Slideshows on the Macintosh platform did not display properly when a 256MB ATI graphics card was connected to 30 ” LCD
• The Lightroom 1.1 Web module export did not position the copyright tag in the same location displayed in the preview
• The auto-eject functionality on Windows ejected the card reader device in addition to the card
• 1:1 previews were not discarded according to the timing set in the Lightroom preferences
• 1:1 previews are not built for an entire set of images when requested after import