A few weeks ago, just in time for Photokina 2010 in Cologne, presented his new Canon SLR camera for serious photographers, the EOS 60D before. But what does the new camera?

The Canon EOS 60D replaces the predecessor EOS 50D from. In the two years of development between the two models, on closer inspection only has done very little. Of course, the successor to the EOS 50D find a video recording function and increases the resolution from 15.1 to 18 megapixels moderate. That, in my view, but only real novelty is the display of the camera dar. Canon EOS 60D donated the first rotatable and foldable LCD monitor, the entire EOS family. The frame of the LCD had the soft buttons on the left side, what a changed operating concept has the consequence.

There also was a small change in the battery. The new model now comes the LP-E6 (lithium ion) is used. This is equipped with a processor, which makes this battery noticeably more expensive than the well-known BP-51x. Moreover, the EOS 60D now stores the images are no longer (compatible SDHC and SDXC) to Compact Flash, but on SD Card.

Otherwise worked with many proven components. The processor of the 50D was taken as the AF system unchanged. The new camera is in continuous operation by the greater amount of data has become a bit slower. It creates an image now around less in the second.

All differences (and the most important similarities) between the two sisters I have made a small table together:

Comparison Table

Whether this small facelift justifies the current price difference of about 350 €, everyone must answer for themselves.

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Adobe has now released an update to the photo tools Lightroom and Camera Raw is available. The final versions of Lightroom 3.2 and Camera Raw 6.2 come up with some improvements.

What reasons have led to Adobe, the version numbers 3.1 and 6.1 to skip is not known, the changes in the new versions are for a service pack is relatively large.

Thus, newly supported in current products following cameras:

• Canon EOS 60D (to be published in October 2010)
• Fuji FinePix HS10
• Panasonic DMC-FZ100, DMC-FZ40 (FZ45) and DMC-LX5
• Pentax 645D
• Samsung NX10 and TL500 (EX1)
• Sony A290, A390, NEX-3, NEX-5, SLT-A33 and SLT-A55V

In addition, the noise and color profiles of the Casio Exilim EX-FH100 and Leica S2 have been revised. -Daten. Both cameras use the Adobe DNG format for storing its own raw data.

Were significantly expands the supplied lens profiles. The database for the correction of optical errors was expanded by 120 new profiles. In the list are now also the manufacturer Tamron and Zeiss lenses. These profiles were created by Adobe in collaboration with the manufacturers. Some already existing in versions 3.0 or 6.0 profiles were also revised. , oder das des weit verbreiteten Kit-Objektives Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS . Including, among others, the profile of vielgerügte Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, or the widely used kit lens Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS.

A new feature has its Adobe Lightroom 3.2 also donated more: In the new version can now be exported images directly from the library to Facebook, Flickr and SmugMug.

A detailed list of changes in the Release Notes for Lightroom 3.2/Camera Raw 6.2 (English) read.

The new versions can be obtained free from Adobe by download:

• Adobe Lightroom 3.2 - Windows
• Adobe Lightroom 3.2 - Mac
• Adobe Camera Raw 6.2 - Windows
• Adobe Camera Raw 6.2 - Mac

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) eine Funktion zur Korrektur optischer Fehler von Objektiven eingebaut. Adobe has built into its third version of the tool photographers in Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS5 (Camera RAW) is a function for correcting optical aberrations of lenses. Unfortunately, the selection of supported lenses is limited.

As mentioned in my presentation by Adobe Lightroom 3 above, this "one-click correction" is not only simple but also achieves very good results. Unfortunately, there are a few of my beloved lenses not in the list of supported lenses. Especially for my very frequently used Tamron zoom lens profile is not included. For this reason I have my work done with the help of Adobe Lens Profile Creator to create the necessary self-correction profiles. Nearly 400 different settings were necessary to produce the raw material for the three lens profiles. Above all, creating a useful profile for a super zoom lens requires some patience.

Result

LD bei 28 mm. The example shows a 100% cut of the right lower corner of a shot with the Canon EOS 50D and the Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD at 28 mm.

The results speak for themselves. Clearly visible are the distortion and chromatic aberration (color fringing) in the original. After application of the lens profile, these errors are almost completely compensated.

Unfortunately, the portal is planned from Adobe for the exchange of privately created adjustment profiles (yet) and also the function for online submission of finished profiles to Adobe is not currently functional. und Adobe Photoshop auch der Allgemeinheit zugänglich zu machen, habe ich hier das Paket zum Download eingestellt. In order to still the profiles I created for Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and Adobe Photoshop to make even the general public, I have set the package to download. The profiles include the following objectives:

• LD Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD
• Canon EF 28mm 1:2.8
• Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 II

Download the correction profiles

• Fotomanisch.de Lens Profile Version 1 Packet

Instructions

After downloading the package with the lens profiles , extract its content to the appropriate destination directory for your operating system:

• Windows XP
  • C: \ Documents and Settings \ (username) \ Application Data \ Adobe \ CameraRaw \ lens profiles \ 1.0
  • C: \ Documents and Settings \ All Users \ Application Data \ Adobe \ CameraRaw \ lens profiles \ 1.0
• Windows Vista or Windows 7
  • C: \ Users \ (username) \ AppData \ Roaming \ Adobe \ CameraRaw \ lens profiles \ 1.0
  • C: \ Program Files \ Adobe \ CameraRaw \ lens profiles \ 1.0
• Mac
  • / Users / (username) / Library / Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/LensProfiles/1.0
  • / Library / Application Support/Adobe/CameraRaw/LensProfiles/1.0

Reference
Replace "(user name)" with your user name. When Windows XP is "C: \ Documents and Settings" translated into the operating system language. At a German Windows directory is named according to the "C: \ Documents and Settings".

More links

• 30-day trial version of Lighroom 3 (PC / MAC)
• Adobe Lens Profile Creator

A few days ago the final release of Adobe Lightroom 3 is commercially available. What innovations and improvements are worth it and an update?

(siehe unten). After the long Lightroom Beta 3 is now available for several days, the finished product to buy, or a trial version for download (see below). The third generation of Adobe's photographers tool is characterized primarily by changes in detail.

New import module

The Import module has been completely revised. The new tripartite view clearly guides the user through the import process. The preview images to be imported has now given much more space. The source selection is now automatically displays the available drives and connected devices. While the camera is pointed directly to the storage medium. All settings can be saved in a template and import are selected so quickly. So far this Vorlangenfunktion was limited to the keywords and EXIF / IPTC tags.

Users of video cameras with built-in function will look for the new import feature films.

To my mind to the much heralded poorly tethered shooting is advised. fernbedient werden. With this function, a Canon or Nikon DSLR be remotely operated directly from Lightroom. The captured images will then be taken directly to the catalog. Unfortunately, in this module remote control just as the trigger. Since Canon EOS, with its tools more clearly.

Development

For me personally, the Develop module, two real highlights. First I would like to mention the new function of the lens correction. Here, pre-defined profiles for optical defects such as distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberration can be corrected with just one click. Adobe to deliver finished profiles for some lenses of Canon, Nikon and Sigma (Tamron and Sony together for only a negligible three profiles). For more profiles, the user can even use the Adobe Lens Profile Creator to create for its lenses.

The second highlight is the improved function for noise reduction. Lightroom 3 can also reduce luminance noise for the first time. The results are incomparably better than they would have been obtained with Lightroom 2. The example image shows a picture of a compact camera (Canon PowerShot SX110IS) at ISO 400 in RAW mode as a 100% crop.

Also new is a function for correcting perspective and the ability to emulate the classic film grain effects.

Other

In addition to the aforementioned improvements, there are some details worth mentioning. The export module can now be integrated into third-party plugins. Included is a plugin for directly synchronizing the personal photo collection with the online service Flickr. In addition, the printing function was complemented by a more flexible layout design, which should help, among other things, to save paper.

The slide show can now also provide sound effects to the picture. In addition to the existing facilities and the immediate view of the export as PDF, the slideshows can be exported to MP4 video. This allows the output resolution to 1080p pretend.

Conclusion and links

From my perspective, the changes are most probably Lightroom 3 evolution than revolution. The speed over previous versions of the catalog is much better, the noise reduction should be the first time, call it that. Overall, a successful update of a good product.

Adobe Lightroom 3 can be described as a 30-day trial version buy directly from Adobe:

• 30-day trial version of Lighroom 3 (PC / MAC)
• Adobe Lens Profile Creator

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The a few days ago, Canon released firmware version 2.0.3 includes the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, serious errors and was therefore pulled back from Canon.

The version mentioned was from the beginning under an unlucky star. For months, the publication was delayed despite repeated announcements over again. The firmware should make the video more interesting function and offer the following new features:

• Frame rates of 24, 25 and 30 frames / second
• Aperture and time automatic video exposure
• Live histogram in manually exposed video
• Microphone input level adjustable in 64 steps
• Audio sampling frequency of 48 kHz (previously 44.1)

Users who have already installed the version 2.0.3, should urgently an update on the day provided, corrected version 2.0.4 of the firmware are considering. Alternatively, the problem should be avoided when the audio is an option in any case at the "Auto" setting left. Otherwise, the camera could suddenly put into sleep mode, or allow for the turning over no more recordings.

The corrected version 2.0.4 for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II at the following link can be obtained directly from the manufacturer. It also provides the above, new features of 2.0.3.

• Firmware 2.0.4 for Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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