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DxO Labs today has announced the availability of DxO Optics Pro v5.3, a new release which includes support for the Sony cRAW format missing from previous versions. They also say that new RAW conversion technology “turns the promises of very high ISO (up to 25,600) into reality”. . . . → Read More: DxO Optics Pro – cRAW, high ISO both fixed? Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed)  News, Software Reviews  5.3, development, DxO, Optics Pro, raw, software, upgrade, version SONY has, one week after the leak of a final version of Firmare v4 for the Alpha 700, placed authorised download links on their support websites along with an updated Image Data Suite 3 which can handle Alpha 900 raw files. Quick download links are given here with key features. . . . → Read More: Alpha 700 Firmware v4 + IDC update official Share this: 8 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), News, Software Reviews Alpha 700, Alpha 900, converter, download, firmware, IDS 3, IDS3.0, Image Data Converter 3, Image Data Suite, link, raw, SIDS, software, Sony, v4 The Alpha 900 – and indeed the Alpha 700 with new firmware v4 – offer a three-bracket sequence at a 2 stop interval to enable HDR blending, usually from static tripod-mounted views. At the Edinburgh Alpha 900 launch, I braced myself firmly against an open window, leaning out over the street, and tried an example . . . → Read More: Alpha 900 HDR bracketing Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, News, Photo Techniques, Software Reviews Alpha 900, bracketing, HDR, JPE, noise, processor, raw, sample, sharpness, Sony Here, for some light relief, is an Alpha 700 + 24-105mm Minolta D documentary on the press dinner thrown for journalists from all the countries of the European region when they gathered in Edinburgh for the Alpha 900 launch! . . . → Read More: Alpha 900 launch: gala dinner Edinburgh Share this:This post has been removed at Sony’s request, due to the use of pictures taken with a prototype 16-35mm not authorised for release. – DK Share this: 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Software Reviews Alpha 900, ARW, raw file, Raw Photo Processor, RPP The latest release of Adobe Lightroom, v2, handles all Sony Alpha and earlier KM digital camera raw formats including the Alpha 700, 200, 300 and 350. It is also updated, along with the final release of Adobe Camera Raw 4.5, to handle Nikon D700. Because Canon appears to have left their filetype identical to the . . . → Read More: Lightroom 2 tackles all Alpha RAWs Share this: 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), Software Reviews ACR, Adobe Lightroom 2, Alpha 200, Alpha 300, Alpha 350, Alpha 700, ARW, camera, CS3, CS4, custom, D700, developer, digital, DNG, editor, image, Lightroom, NEF, Nikon D700, Photoshop, process, profile, program, raw, Sony Alpha 700, v2, workflow CLICKING on key mapping points of a face, then adjusting some simple overlaid Bezier curves using movable anchors, it takes only a minute to load a typical headshot portrait into Portrait Professional. . . . → Read More: Portrait Professional handles Sony A700 raw files Share this: 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Software Reviews Anthropics, blemish, enhance, face, makeover, portrait, Portrait Professional, professional, removal, remove, retouch, skin, smooth, software, Studio London— April 2, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 beta, a public preview of new and improved functionality to be delivered in the next major release. Lightroom is the professional photographer’s essential toolbox, providing one application for managing, adjusting, and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. Lightroom 2.0 . . . → Read More: Adobe Lightroom 2.0 beta available Share this:Adobe has released updates to Photoshop Lightroom and the Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in, both available immediately as free upgrades for existing users. The releases provide added raw file support for nine additional digital cameras, including the Sony Alpha 200 (already supported by 4.3.2 whether they knew it or not), Alpha 300 . . . → Read More: Adobe Camera Raw 4.4 supports A200, 300, 350 Share this:There’s a lot of controversy right now about whether or not the image structure of the Alpha 700 files at very high ISO – mainly 3200 and 6400 – is as clean as raw processed results from other comparable cameras like the Canon 40D (does not offer ISO 6400), the Olympus E-3 (does not offer . . . → Read More: A700, 6400 ISO, seven raw processors Share this: 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Cameras (DSLR), DK's ramblings, Software Reviews .ARW2, .cARW, 4.2, A700, ACR, Adobe Camera Raw, Alpha 700, ARW, conversion, converter, cRAW, extract, plug-in, raw, Sony |
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