Digital Camera News and Reviews

Adobe has updated their software Photoshop Lightroom to version 2.2. The new version adds Raw support to seven new cameras and a function that adds camera profiles to Lightroom that let you mimic the output of how the camera manufacturer wants the pictures to be. This function was previously only available in Adobe Labs.

The seven new cameras that Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 supports are these:
-Canon EOS 5D Mark II
-Canon PowerShot G10
-Panasonic DMC-G1
-Panasonic DMC-FX150
-Panasonic DMC-FZ28
-Panasonic DMC-LX3
-Leica D-LUX 4

You can download Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 for Windows here and Mac here.

The company Photodex Corporation has released a free program called Proshow which is a free plugin for Adobe Lightroom. According to the company Proshow will help photographers with adjusting pictures and setting up slideshows in Lightroom and export these to the programs Proshow Gold or Producer.

Proshow Gold and Producer are two professional slideshow programs that can be used for adding effects and other ways to make your slideshows look like you want them to be. The slideshows can then be burned on DVD or Blu-ray, or sent to Youtube to be shown there.

Details about the plugin can be found on photodex.com.

Nikon D300 DSLR

Nikon has updated their software Camera Control Pro to version 2.4.0.

The update include support for their top DSLR camera, the Nikon D3X and fixes several problems seen on both Windows and Mac computers.

Download Nikon Camera Control Pro version 2.4.0 for Windows here and Mac here.

Nikon D3 DSLR

Nikon has updated their Capture NX to version 2.1.1. The update includes support for their last high end DSLR, the Nikon D3X camera. The update also include several fixes and improvemenents, including issues with GPS information and error messages when you are setting grey point on several pictures.

Download Nikon Capture NX version 2.1.1 for Windows here and Mac here.