Adobe supports latest Nikon SLRs; Canon next
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Nikon USA)
New beta software for Adobe Systems' Photoshop means those with Nikon's latest SLRs, the mid-range D90 and higher-end, full-frame D700, now can handle those cameras' raw files with the company's widely used image-editing software.
In addition, the software supports Nikon's Coolpix P6000, a high-end compact camera, and the Fuji Finepix IS Pro, said Adobe's Tom Hogarty in a blog post Wednesday.
The update includes unofficial, preliminary support for Canon's 50D, a mid-range SLR due to ship in October, Canon's new low-end Rebel XS, Sony's ambitious full-frame Alpha A900 SLR due in November, the Olympus SP-565 UZ ultrazoom compact, and Sigma's large-sensor DP1 compact, Hogarty said.
In addition, Adobe released an accompanying version of its DNG Converter software, which changes the proprietary raw file formats from higher-end cameras into Adobe's relatively open Digital Negative (DNG) format. That means people have a bridge to get the new cameras' raw files into Lightroom, which doesn't yet support the new cameras.
No word yet on other higher-end cameras such as Canon's G10 or EOS 5D Mark II.
The Camera Raw 4.6 update and DNG Converter is available from Adobe Labs' site.
(Via Lightroom-News.com)
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Further reading can be found on an article I wrote about pros and cons of each at http://www.scottfillmer.com/2008/07/19/nikon-picture-control-modes-nx2-part-1/ but you initial statement was correct, the new adobe camera raw will handle these new file formats from Nikon. Great post here, thanks.