Brief Hands-On Report--Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.2 and Camera Raw 4.2 Updates

Adobe posted Photoshop Lightroom 1.2 and Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in 4.2 updates. Both updates are available immediately for download (Lightroom 1.2 and Camera Raw 4.2).

Lightroom 1.2 and the new Camera Raw 4.2 plug-in support 14 additional digital cameras including the Canon EOS 40D; Fuji FinePix IS-1; Leaf Aptus 17, 54s and 75s; Olympus EVOLT E-510; Panasonic DMC-FZ18; Pentax K100D Super; Phase One P 20+, P 21+, P 25+, P 30+ and P 45+; and Sony A700. Both updates also include improved noise reduction for Bayer patterned sensors, providing better image detail at default noise reduction values.

We downloaded both updates and installed them with no problem. We don't any of the new cameras that the updates support but we encountered no problems with Lightroom 1.2 [Bill Fox]