Adobe Camera Raw, DNG Converter updates finalized

Adobe has today finalized the latest updates to its DNG Converter application and Camera Raw plugin, both of which were issued as release candidate versions some eight weeks ago.

On release, Adobe has revealed that this is to be the last update of Camera Raw for Photoshop CS5. That's worth bearing in mind if you've been considering upgrading to CS6, although as new cameras are added to DNG Converter in the future you should still be able to use this with CS5 or earlier. (You just won't be able to open raw files direct from the camera for any model that's not now supported by Photoshop CS5 with Camera Raw 6.7.)

Adobe Camera Raw 6.7 and DNG Converter 6.7 add support for an impressive list of 21 camera models from eight manufacturers, as well as including new profiles for 38 lenses from six manufacturers on Canon, Nikon, Leica, Pentax, Sony, and Sigma bodies. In addition, several issues in previous versions of Camera Raw have been corrected.

In full, the list of newly supported cameras in Adobe's release candidates includes the following:

• Canon

  • EOS 1D X

  • EOS 5D Mk III

  • PowerShot G1 X

  • PowerShot S100V

• Fujifilm

  • FinePix F505EXR

  • FinePix F605EXR

  • FinePix F770EXR

  • FinePix F775EXR

  • FinePix HS30EXR

  • FinePix HS33EXR

  • FinePix X-S1

• Nikon

  • D4

  • D800

  • D800E

• Olympus

  • OM-D E-M5

• Pentax

  • K-01

• Samsung

  • NX20

  • NX210

  • NX1000

• Sony

  • Alpha NEX-VG20

  • Alpha SLT-A57

 Newly profiled lenses are as follows:

In addition, Camera Raw 6.7 corrects the following:

• Black halo/speckle artifacts could appear when performing an image warp.  Examples of warps include lens profile adjustments and rotating the image.

• Files rendered in Lightroom 4.0 appeared differently in ACR 6.7.

• Using the clarity adjustment adds tone to 100% white tones

• Raw files from Olympus E-P1 are not cropped according to the aspect ratio set on the camera

• Nikon D800, D800E and D4 NEF still images will not open in Lightroom 4.0 and ACR 6.7 if they were shot in live video mode

• Rendering with local corrections in 6.5 and 6.6 could be slower compared to previous ACR 6 versions

• Saving over 200 images as compressed tiff can cause certain hardware to become unresponsive.

For more details, visit Adobe's Product Updates page.

Download links are as follows:

• Windows

  • Camera Raw 6.7

  • DNG Converter 6.7

• Macintosh

  • Camera Raw 6.7

  • DNG Converter 6.7