Software Update: Adobe DNG Converter and Camera Raw 5.6

Adobe has released an update to its standalone DNG Converter and Camera Raw plugin. The plugin is suitable for Creative Suite 4, Photoshop CS4, Photoshop Elements 8 and Premiere Elements 8 from Adobe. Both programs allow you to directly open or convert the various raw formats of digital cameras to DNG, an open documented file format from Adobe. The version number of both releases is fixed at 5.6 and both have the following changes:

New Supported Cameras

Support for the following cameras has been added in this update.

• Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
• Canon EOS 7D
• Canon PowerShot G11
• Canon PowerShot S90
• Leaf Aptus II 5
• Mamiya DM22
• Mamiya DM28
• Mamiya DM33
• Mamiya DM56
• Mamiya M18
• Mamiya M22
• Mamiya M31
• Nikon D3s
• Olympus E-P2
• Panasonic DMC-FZ38
• Pentax Kx
• Sigma DP1s
• Sony A500
• Sony A550
• Sony A850

DNG Converter 5.6 and Camera Raw 5.6 provide a fix for an issue affecting PowerPC customers using the final Camera Raw 5.5 and DNG Converter 5.5 updates on the Mac. The issue, introduced in the demosaic change to address sensors with unequal green response, has the potential to create artifacts in highlight areas when processing raw files from Sony, Olympus, Panasonic and various medium format digital camera backs.