Adobe Lightroom Update - Sony a7RIII Support RAW .ARW

Adobe *JUST* released new Camera RAW CC and Lightroom CC/Lightroom Classic CC updates. This update brings full support for the Sony a7RIII. Adobe also added the 24-105mm lens profile support. As expected Adobe does NOT support Pixel Shift.TWO NEW UPDATES TO LIGHTROOM CLASSIC CCStart your edits with Auto, which uses Adobe Sensei to intelligently apply adjustments based on a photo’s light and color characteristics. Adobe's Auto feature now uses advanced machine learning to automatically apply the best edits for these slider controls in your photos: Exposure, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks, Saturation, and Vibrance. In addition, the Auto feature now also includes the ability to optimize the adjustments of the photo even after cropping has been applied.The underlying neural nets have been trained with thousands of professionally shot and manually edited photos to evaluate and correct an image, just like a skilled human photographer.In the Develop module, the Auto option is located next to Tone in the Basic panel.AND - The ability to remove individual color samples within a color range mask has been added in this release. Simply Option(Mac)/Alt(Win)+click the existing samples that you want to remove.More infoBuy the a7RIII at AmazonBuy the a7RIII at B&H Photo

Lightroom Mobile Android RAW Editing

UPDATE: Today only - $30 OFF year subscription to Lightroom and Photoshop CC including LR mobileAdobe has just released a technology preview that allows Android mobile users to directly import RAW files into your mobile device for editing - The list of supported cameras is impressive - most current models- Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Sony and more. See the complete list of supported cameras  iOS users got this update in July.You will need a USB On-The-Go adapter also called an OTG cable that will allow you to directly connect your camera to your android mobile device. Shop OTG cables at B&H or on Amazon OTG cable. -Those are standard micro USB cables. If you have a USB-C device you will need to purchase a USB-C OTG.   iOS users need the SD card adapter. Why do you need a cable/adapter, don't modern cameras offer WiFi transfer?  Yes! But none of those cameras will transfer RAW files via WiFi.Plug the OTG cable into your device and use your standard camera cable to connect to your camera and change to the PTP transfer mode in the Android Notification Center. Then, tap on the notification that indicates “Connected to USB PTP Camera. Tap to view files.” (note - When I connected to my Android LGv10 I did not have to click the notification) You will be presented with an import box. Select the photos you want to import, the collection you want to import the photos into, and tap transfer. Lightroom will transfer the photos and notify you once all of the photos have been imported.

You get all of the benefits of raw, such as the ability to change the white balance, being able to recover blown out highlights, access to the full range of color information, as well as editing an uncompressed file, all using the exact same technology that powers Lightroom on your desktop. An added benefit is that the raw file that you’ve imported into Lightroom for Android will be synced with Lightroom on your other devices, such as Lightroom for desktop or Lightroom on the web, along with any of the edits, star ratings, or flags that you’ve added.Lightroom for Android 2.2 is available now from the Google Play Store.  Will you be editing RAW files on the Go?Do you want to learn Lightroom - I am offering my 6+ hour video course on Lightroom Training for just $18.74 in November!!  More about Lightroom Mobile Editing  

Photo Mish Mash EP 70: Dirty and Abused!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNc_71-fct8Sponsors - You. You can support this show and the work we do. Visit http://photorec.tv/support for more info.Show Notes:

Week in Review (AKA in case you missed it)

Last Sunday I posted on Facebook this status"1531 vs 840. Guess?"The answer - The number of shots I took with the Sony vs the Canon at last weekend's wedding! That says a lot. It is a VERY capable camera and I am happy with the performance. Full review coming soon.Commlite Vs Metabones reviewFirst thing I change videohttp://photorec.tv/2015/09/tamron-has-announced-a-pair-of-full-frame-f1-8-primes/  Preorder (on B&H) in Sony A, Nikon F, and Canon EF mounts. 35mm and 45mm each for $599Note: 70D Magic Lantern doesn’t have FPS overridehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdxdZtX6opc (Bearly escaped with their lives)EOS M3Canon 35mm + Canon vs. Sigma discussion

GOTT Gear on the Table

GH4 has returned, no longer a cracked LCD but the paper that returned with the GH4 - "This camera has been abused" Yikes, so harsh.Rocket Blowers are good at removing sensor dust.See my sensor dust?News:http://benoitfelten.tumblr.com/post/19289469331/instruments-from-inside-the-inside-storyAutomatically remove distracting objects http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S44/06/19O11/Amazon gives you a free year of storage with any camera or photo product costing more than $50. - Click for more details.Instagram Now Supports Landscape and Portrait Format PhotosHere’s Why Instagram Chose to Break the FramePeak Design Releasing Lens Changing System to Kickstarter Backers FirstPhoto Mythbusters: How Much Do UV Filters Actually Protect Your Lenses?^ We’ve had similar articles the last couple weeks but it’s still interesting to watch the videoCERN Photowalk 2015Eagle takes drone out of the sky 

Editing Raw Files on an iPad (Lightroom lite?)

Today's on Kelby's Show, Tom Hogarty, a product manager for Adobe demoed a prototype/alpha/may-never-see-the-light-of-day app that provides photographers a way to edit RAW files with many of the develop modules we love in Lightroom and the ability to rate, sort, flag etc. Cool and then. . . all of this would be synced through the cloud to your master library!! That would be awesome. I now imagine myself relaxing, a high resolution tablet on my lap, swiping through photos, rating, pinching to zoom and check focus and quickly dealing with a large number of photos in a smooth, efficient and comfortable manner. I might be getting ahead of myself here - there was no release date and no mention that this was even definitively scheduled as a product that is coming to market.I queued the video to start where they begin discussing the app.In Related News - I get asked all the time for photo editing software options and my answer 90% of the time is Lightroom. It is approachable program though I wouldn't necessarily call it beginner friendly that offers a ton of power, maybe three tons! But there are times that people what a more photoshop like experience and Mac users have an option that was recently update and very affordable, Acorn- Until the end of this month it is being offered for $29, that is a lot easy to swallow than the hundreds Photoshop costs.  There are of course many things Photoshop can do that Acorn can't but I am betting for 90% of you photographers out there, Acorn combined with Lightroom will handle almost all your needs.Window's users feeling left out - I have been playing around with http://pixlr.com/ It is browser based but certainly capable and the interface doesn't look all that different from Acorn. And of course since it is browser based it is available to anyone.