Adobe have announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 RC – Release Candidate.
What does Release Candidate mean? Here’s what Adobe say about that:
A “release candidate” label indicates that this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers.
Lightroom 3.5 brings support for many new cameras and lens profiles:
- Fuji FinePix F600EXR
- Olympus E-P3
- Olympus E-PL3
- Olympus E-PM1
- Panasonic DMC-G3
- Panasonic DMC-GF3
- Phase One IQ140
- Phase One IQ160
- Phase One P40+
- Phase One P65+
- Sony Alpha NEX-C3
- Sony SLT-A35
Plus there are many new lens profiles in this update as well:
| Canon | Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 L USM |
| Canon | SIGMA APO 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 2.2/100 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 2.8/80 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.2/150 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.2/150N |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5/35 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5/50-II |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5/50 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 3.5-4.5/50-110 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 4/210 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC 4.5/300 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC Macro 4/120-II |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HC Macro 4/120 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HCD 4/28 |
| Hasselblad | Hasselblad HCD 4-5.6/35-90 |
| Nikon | Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED |
| Nikon | Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED |
| Nikon | Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G ED |
| Nikon | Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G |
| Nikon | SIGMA APO 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM |
| Pentax | SIGMA 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM |
| Sigma | SIGMA 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM |
| Sony | SIGMA 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM |
| Sony | TAMRON 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II PZD B008S |
| Sony | TAMRON SP 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di USD A005S |
As usual, some issues have been fixed in the release. New releases are not just about new cameras support, but fixing bugs. Among many improvements, these are just a few:
- Lightroom 3.2 introduced preview cache inefficiencies
- For non-English language operating systems, folder names in the import dialog may not have been translating properly
- When exporting images with the “Write Keywords as Lightroom Hierarchy” enabled, keywords with “Include on Export” deselected would still have been included on export
and many more.
To download Lightroom 3.5 Release Candidate, visit Adobe Labs website.
Enjoy!
