Lightroom 3 is out

That's all really
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/

Stick it in the rubbish bin with all the others!

So I've got two months to find the money then


So nice to see the US and UK prices are balanced (sarcasm....ok VAT doesn't help...)

Well that's an informative comment:

Yeah same thinking and i might be able to get the student version over 2 months so that would be perfect.

Thanks for that. Time to save and find a little cash then...

Hmmm I guess that means my beta copy will stop working soon.

Back to Silkypix then.

Very amusing - they just sent me an email offering 15% off if you order before 18th June (code is not unique - its "Lightroom3") - so I had a look on their website out of curiosity, and its more expensive to download than have a box posted to you (?!).

Anyway, maybe should sign up for the infamous OU Knitting course to get the educational discounts

Edit: Woo built in lens correction!!!!!

I downloaded Lightroom3 and so far I like it. I have to confess, I barely remember LR2 since I've been using the LR3 beta. My first impression is that it is faster than LR2, though, and clearly faster than the beta.

Does anyone knows if you can download lens profiles other users made for the lens correction?

At last it has perspective correction.

Yeah I'm very happy with that, I was hoping it works the same as in photoshop but it doesn't seem that way
Lets hope Pentax would modify their profiles so that they can be used with Adobe.

You also can't save profiles
I've quite a lot of shots with the Pentax 16-50 at 16mm.
I could batch process them of course but be able to safe a profile would have been better.

Yes you can import profiles created by others, although it has to be done manually.

There are a couple of links on Pentaxforums as a starting point. one is a 10-17 on a K200 and the other is a 12-24 on a K7.


Steve

How do I import the profiles then, there is no option for that

Hi Stefan, on my machine they are located at

CrogramDataAdobeCameraRawLensProfiles1.0

This seems to be where Lightroom searches

and

Cocuments and SettingsUsernameAppDataRoamingAdobeCameraRawLensProfiles1.0

This is the default save location for the Lens Profile Creater Application.

There is an option in CS5 to change the default location, but I cannot find a similar option in Lightroom.

You will need to create a folder called 'Pentax' and copy the *.lcp files to that folder. The next time you open Lightroom they will appear as an option.

CS5 does things differently. When a RAW file is opened and Lens Correction is selected the application reads the EXIF data and if there is no local profile there is an option to search for a profile online. Adobe are encouraging users to send profiles to them, which they are are then masking available via an online database.

The problem I see with this approach, is that the quality of the profiles will likely vary considerably.

It would be much better if the lens manufacturers produced a standard set of profiles for the lenses/camera combinations. Given the large number of combinations this is very unlikely.

Alternatively there is an opportunity for someone with access to equipment to produce a professional set of profiles and offer them for sale.

Maybe we could set up an area to upload profiles to, or at least create a Lens Profiles Sticky where members can provide links to the profiles that they have created?

Regards - Steve