Lightroom 2.2 Available

Adobe has released Lightroom version 2.2. This is a free update for users of Lightroom 2 and has been highly anticipated for its support of raw files from popular new cameras such as Canon’s 5D Mark II and Panasonic’s Lumix LX3. Adobe updated Camera Raw and the DNG Converter to version 5.2 on November 25th. That update offered the raw camera support that is just now being brought to Lightroom.

To install this update, choose Check for Updates… from the Help menu in Lightroom 2. The program will walk you through the installation from there. Optionally, you can download the update directly from Adobe.

Keep in mind, this update is for users of Lightroom 2. If you’re still using Lightroom 1, you can click here to purchase a $99 upgrade. It’s well worth it. Here’s an article that highlights some of the new features in Lightroom 2. Here’s an article on upgrading from Lightroom 1 to Lightroom 2.

The main items addressed by this release include:

• Additional camera support for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon PowerShot G10, Panasonic DMC-LX3 and more**
• Includes several corrections for issues introduced by the Lightroom 2.0 release

A full list of the updated features is included below:

Lightroom 2 Bugs – Fixed

• Images rendered from the Slideshow export process produced a jagged effect on hard edges relative to the quality of normal JPEG export
• Increased the number of characters allowed in Web gallery labels beyond 150 characters
• Catalogs with hundreds of root (top level) folders caused very slow launch times
• Drag and drop to move a subfolder to a different folder showed the incorrect photos in the grid
• Print Sharpening produced edge artifacts in certain conditions
• Density defaulted to 100 percent for initial stroke regardless of position of slider
• The Adjustment brush created blocky, straight edges to brush strokes under certain conditions
• Lightroom could become unresponsive when using the graduated filter under certain conditions
• It was possible to lose the ability to edit an adjustment brush setting after applying a graduated filter with hidden pins
• Turning auto-mask on produced a lag in Lightroom performance in when applying the adjustment brush
• Print to JPEG functionality produced a low resolution image when printing photos with panorama aspect ratios
• Extended characters in a folder name caused Edit in Photoshop functionality to fail
• Smart collection did not respond to changes in custom metadata
• Enabling auto-mask produced a lag in performance in when applying the local adjustment brush

Lightroom 2 – Enhancements

• Camera profiles are now available in the Calibration panel in the Develop module. These profiles are designed to provide different interpretations of raw capture.

Camera Support

Newly supported camera models include:

• Canon EOS 5D Mark II
• Canon PowerShot G10
• Panasonic DMC-G1
• Panasonic DMC-FX150
• Panasonic DMC-FZ28
• Panasonic DMC-LX3
• Leica D-LUX 4

For your reference, here is a list of cameras that are currently supported in Lightroom 2.2 and Camera Raw 5.2:

Canon

• EOS-1D
• EOS-1Ds
• EOS-1D Mark II
• EOS-1D Mark II N
• EOS-1Ds Mark II
• EOS-1D Mark III
• EOS-1Ds Mark III
• EOS 5D
• EOS 5D Mark II
• EOS 10D
• EOS 20D
• EOS 20Da
• EOS 30D
• EOS 40D
• EOS 50D
• EOS D30
• EOS D60
• EOS 300D (Digital Rebel/Kiss Digital)
• EOS 350D (Digital Rebel XT/EOS Kiss Digital N)
• EOS 400D (Digital Rebel XTi/EOS Kiss Digital X)
• EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi/EOS Kiss X2)
• EOS 1000D (Digital Rebel XS/EOS Kiss F)
• PowerShot 600
• PowerShot A5
• PowerShot A50
• PowerShot S30
• PowerShot S40
• PowerShot S45
• PowerShot S50
• PowerShot S60
• PowerShot S70
• PowerShot G1
• PowerShot G2
• PowerShot G3
• PowerShot G5
• PowerShot G6
• PowerShot G9
• PowerShot G10
• PowerShot Pro70
• PowerShot Pro90 IS
• PowerShot Pro1

Contax

• N Digital

Epson

• R-D1
• R-D1s

Fujifilm

• FinePix E900
• FinePix F700
• FinePix IS-1
• FinePix IS Pro
• FinePix S100FS
• FinePix S2 Pro
• FinePix S20 Pro
• FinePix S3 Pro
• FinePix S5 Pro
• FinePix S5000 Z
• FinePix S5200/5600
• FinePix S6000fd/S6500fd
• FinePix S7000 Z
• FinePix S9000/9500
• FinePix S9100/9600

Kodak

• DCS 14n
• DCS Pro 14nx
• DCS720x
• DCS760
• DCS Pro SLR/n
• EasyShare P712
• EasyShare P850
• EasyShare P880
• EasyShare Z1015 IS

Konica Minolta

• DiMAGE A1
• DiMAGE A2
• DiMAGE A200
• DiMAGE 5
• DiMAGE 7
• DiMAGE 7i
• DiMAGE 7Hi
• Maxxum 7D / DYNAX 7D
• ALPHA SWEET DIGITAL (Japan)
• ALPHA-5 DIGITAL (China)
• MAXXUM 5D (USA)
• DYNAX 5D (Europe)

Leaf

• AFi II 6
• AFi II 7
• Aptus II 6
• Aptus II 7
• Aptus 17
• Aptus 22
• Aptus 54s
• Aptus 65
• Aptus 65s
• Aptus 75
• Aptus 75s
• Valeo 6
• Valeo 11
• Valeo 17
• Valeo 22

Leica

• DIGILUX 2
• DIGILUX 3
• D-LUX 2
• D-LUX 3
• V-LUX 1
• D-LUX 4 **

Mamiya

• ZD

Nikon

• D1
• D1H
• D1X
• D100
• D200
• D2H
• D2Hs
• D2X
• D2Xs
• D3
• D300
• D40
• D40x
• D50
• D60
• D70
• D700
• D70s
• D80
• D90
• Coolpix 5000
• Coolpix 5400
• Coolpix 5700
• Coolpix 8400
• Coolpix 8700
• Coolpix 8800
• Coolpix P6000

Olympus

• E-1
• E-3
• E-10
• E-20
• E-410
• E-420
• E-520
• EVOLT E-300
• EVOLT E-330
• EVOLT E-400
• EVOLT E-410
• EVOLT E-500
• EVOLT E-510
• C-5050 Zoom
• C-5060 Zoom
• C-7070 Wide Zoom
• C-8080 Wide Zoom
• SP-310
• SP-320
• SP-350
• SP-500 UZ
• SP-510 UZ
• SP-550 UZ
• SP-560 UZ
• SP-565 UZ
• SP-570 UZ

Panasonic

• DMC-FX150 **
• DMC-FZ8
• DMC-FZ18
• DMC-FZ28 **
• DMC-FZ30
• DMC-FZ50
• DMC-G1 **
• DMC-L1
• DMC-LC1
• DMC-L10
• DMC-LX1
• DMC-LX2
• DMC-LX3 **

Pentax

• *ist D
• *ist DL
• *ist DL2
• *ist DS
• *ist DS2
• K10D (PEF)
• K100D
• K100D Super
• K110D
• K20D (PEF)
• K200D (PEF)
• K2000 (K-m)

Phase One

• H 20
• H 25
• P 20
• P 20+
• P 21
• P 21+
• P 25
• P 25+
• P 30
• P 30+
• P 45
• P 45+

Samsung

• GX-1S
• GX-1L

Sigma

• DP1
• SD9
• SD10
• SD14

Sony

• A100
• A200
• A300
• A350
• A700
• A900
• DSC-F828
• DSC-R1
• DSC-V3

From Adobe:

** With the release of Camera Raw 5.2 and upcoming Lightroom 2.2 there is an important exception in our DNG file handling for the Panasonic DMC LX3, Panasonic DMC FX150, Panasonic DMC FZ28, Panasonic DMC-G1 and Leica D-LUX 4. For those choosing to convert these native, proprietary files to the DNG file format, a linear DNG format is the only conversion option available at this time. A linear DNG file has gone through a demosaic process that converts a single mosaic layer of red, green and blue channel information into three distinct layers, one for each channel. The resulting linear DNG file is approximately three times the size of a mosaic DNG file or the original proprietary file format.

This exception is a temporary solution to ensure that Panasonic and Leica’s intended image rendering from their proprietary raw file format is applied to an image when converted DNG files are viewed in third party software titles. The same image rendering process is applied automatically in Camera Raw 5.2 and in Lightroon 2.2 when viewing the original proprietary raw file format.

In a future release Adobe plans to update the DNG specification to include an option to embed metadata-based representations of the lens compensations in the DNG file, allowing a mosaic DNG conversion. In the interim Adobe recommends only converting these files to DNG to allow compatibility with third party raw converters, previous versions of the Camera Raw plug-in or previous versions of Lightroom.

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