dSLR Dad

Adobe has upgraded Photoshop Lightroom to version 2.6. You can download the free updates for both Windows and Macintosh from Adobe. Support for the following cameras has been added from Lightroom 2.5 to 2.6:

• Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
• Canon EOS 7D
• Canon PowerShot G11
• Canon PowerShot S90
• Nikon D3s
• Olympus E-P2
• Panasonic DMC-FZ38
• Pentax K-x
• Sigma DP1s
• Sony A500
• Sony A550
• Sony A850

Further Windows and Macintosh software enhancements in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.6 include: (more…)

Nikon has updated has released a software update for Capture NX, version 2.2.4. This software update is currently available in a Windows version only. The following are listed as new for this update: (more…)

Last year it was Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. This year, Amazon is again offering Adobe Photoshop CS4 Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for half off on Black Friday. Click here on Friday, November 27th between 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. PST to see the deal. Remember, this deal is only going to be for one hour, so make sure you tell a fellow dSLR Dad.

Adobe has upgraded Photoshop Lightroom to version 2.5. You can download the free updates for both Windows and Macintosh from Adobe. Support for the following cameras has been added from Lightroom 2.4 to 2.5:

• Nikon D300s
• Nikon D3000
• Olympus PEN E-P1
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1

Further Windows and Macintosh software enhancements in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.5 include:

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It has been a long time coming, and it happened with very little fanfare, but JPEG XR has officially become a standard:

JPEG XR (ISO/IEC 29199-2) is now an International Standard and also an ITU-T Recommendation (T.832). New work has been started to enable the use of JPEG XR image coding within the JPIP protocol, which allows interactive browsing of networked images. The Motion JPEG XR specification for support of video sequences is currently approaching the Final Committee Draft phase of the ISO/IEC approval process. WG 1 is pleased to note the successful completion of JPEG XR verification testing experiments for low dynamic range images.

Now I’m sure most of you are wondering: “What the heck is JPEG XR and why should I care?”  Well, to answer that question, you need a little bit of history…

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Adobe has upgraded Photoshop Lightroom to version 2.4. You can download the free updates for both Windows and Macintosh versions from Adobe. Support for the following cameras has been added from Lightroom 2.3 to 2.4:

• Canon EOS 500D/Rebel T1i
• Canon PowerShot SX1 IS
• Nikon D5000
• Olympus E-450
• Olympus E-620
• Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
• Pentax K-7
• Sigma DP2
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A230
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A330
• Sony Alpha DSLR-A380

Further Windows and Macintosh software enhancements in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.4 include: (more…)

Flickr has now integrated Flickr2Twitter support. You can now share your Flickr content either via “upload by email” or by Twittering your content directly from your Flickr page. The following are the how-to instructions for dSLR Dads to Twitter their photographs directly from your Flickr page: (more…)

Apple has released version 2.6 of the Digital Camera RAW Compatibility (download here). According to Apple, this update extends RAW file compatibility for Aperture 2, iPhoto ‘08, and iPhoto ‘09 for the following cameras:

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Canon and has recently released the version 1.5 update to their RAW-format Codec plug-in for Windows Vista (64-bit version is not supported) and XP. This software plug-in will allow you to view and work with Canon RAW (*.CR2 files) images just like JPEG files. Changes and corrections made from Canon RAW Codec 1.4.1 include:

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Apple Computer has released a software update for Mac OS X Leopard, which includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras.  This update actually incorporates the last few Digital RAW Compatibility updates released by Apple into the OS.  The following dSLR cameras are now supported by Mac OS X 10.5.7: (more…)