Adobe: Lightroom, Camera Raw, DNG Converter release candidates

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posted Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 10:32 PM EST

Adobe's logo. Click here to visit the Adobe website!Adobe has today published new release candidate versions of its Lightroom and DNG Converter applications, as well as its Camera Raw plugin.

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 release candidate and Camera Raw 6.6 / DNG Converter 6.6 release candidates all add support for the same list of five camera models from four manufacturers, as well as including new profiles for 31 lenses from five manufacturers. In addition, several issues in previous versions of Lightroom and Camera Raw have been corrected.

In full, the list of newly supported cameras in Adobe's release candidates includes the Canon PowerShot S100 compact, and four compact system cameras--the Nikon 1 J1 and V1, Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1, and Samsung NX5. Newly profiled lenses are as follows:

Canon EF mount lenses / Canon fixed-lens cameras
Manufacturer Lens Name
Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II
Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM II
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro
Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro
Nikon 1-mount lenses
Manufacturer Lens Name
Nikon NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8
Nikon NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6
Nikon F-mount lenses
Manufacturer Lens Name
Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro
Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro
Phase One medium-format lenses
Manufacturer Lens Name
Mamiya AF 35mm f/3.5
Mamiya AF 45mm f/2.8
Mamiya Sekor AF 28mm f/4.5 D Aspherical
Mamiya Sekor AF 55mm f/2.8 LS D
Mamiya Sekor AF 80mm f/2.8 D
Mamiya Sekor AF 80mm f/2.8 LS D
Mamiya Sekor AF 110mm f/2.8 LS D
Mamiya Sekor AF 150mm f/3.5 LS
Phase One 28 mm Digital AF f/4.5 Aspherical
Phase One 35 mm Digital AF f/3.5
Phase One 45 mm Digital AF f/2.8
Phase One 80 mm Digital AF f/2.8
Schneider-Kreuznach 55 mm LS f/2.8
Schneider-Kreuznach 110 mm LS f/2.8
Schneider-Kreuznach 150 mm LS f/3.5
Sigma SA-mount lenses
Manufacturer Lens Name
Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 DG HSM II
Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS APO HSM
Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro
Sigma 150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro
Sigma fixed-lens cameras
Manufacturer Camera Name
Sigma DP2x
Sony Alpha-mount lenses
Manufacturer Camera Name
Sigma 50-200mm F4-5.6 DC OS HSM
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In addition, Lightroom 3.6 Release Candidate fixes the following issues:

  • Lightroom 3.5 did not update the correct metadata fields in a file after adjusting the capture time of an image.

  • Publish Collections created prior to Lightroom 3.4 designed to publish to a Hard Drive could fail to work properly in Lightroom 3.5.

  • The Targeted Adjustment Tool provided the reverse value intended when used on OS X 10.7.

  • The incorrect Aspect Ratio was displayed when Crop settings were Copy/Pasted or applied via Previous button (Mac Only).

  • In rare situations, Lightroom 3.4 and 3.5 would not be able to read certain JPEG files properly.

  • Files with invalid date metadata could fail to import properly.

  • Editing a crop that had previously been copied from another file would fail to retain the copied aspect ratio.

Finally, Camera Raw 6.6 Release Candidate corrects the following:

  • Selecting a destination folder could cause the Adobe Photo Downloader to become unresponsive.

  • Prior custom tone curve adjustments may not appear in the tone curve panel until the panel is refreshed.

  • Images with red eye corrections may have had color artifacts when converted to black and white.