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· Additional camera support for over 20 new camera models including the Nikon Coolpix P7100, Olympus E-PL3 and Sony SLT-A77
· Corrections for issues introduced in previous versions of Lightroom 3

· Using the arrow keys to modify image adjustment settings lacked responsiveness.
· A Publish Collection targeting a hard drive on Windows would not behave properly if the designated folder was deleted from hard drive.
· After editing the capture time in Lightroom, "Date Time Digitized" was incorrectly changed. (Only "Date Time Original" should be modified).
· On Windows computers, Lightroom would interpret the wrong time zone per the Photoshop.com feedback post.
· Changing Lightroom's date created field to a date prior to 1933 resulted in unexpected values.
· Lightroom 3.2 introduced preview cache inefficiencies.
· GPS Altitude metadata was incorrectly excluded from files converted to DNG or exported as DNG files from Lightroom 3.4.1.
· For non-English language operating systems, folder names in the import dialog may not have been translating properly.
· When exporting images with the "Write Keywords as Lightroom Hierarchy" enabled, keywords with "Include on Export" deselected would still have been included on export.
· Saving metadata to a JPEG file in Lightroom 3.4 could have caused Lightroom to quit unexpectedly.
· A Publish Collection in Lightroom 3.4 set to publish original files would fail to include XMP files for proprietary raw formats.
· RECONYX images did not open properly in Lightroom 3.4.
· When applying automatic lens profile correction, Lightroom 3.4 did not automatically recognize the following lens: "Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED".
· Using the plus or minus key to increment Develop Module parameters did not work properly on the Mac.
· The Limit File Size export option was incorrectly including EXIF metadata on export when the Minimize Embedded Metadata option was selected.
· On Mac OS X 10.7, the Lightroom import dialog did not properly display network volumes.
· On Windows computers, using Shift + Scroll wheel to adjust the Adjustment Brush feather size, the expected result of the scroll wheel movement was reversed per the following Photoshop.com feedback post.
· Lightroom would not provide the correct error message when attempting to delete photos published to Facebook.
· Lightroom would experience tether capture failures on computers utilizing OS X 10.6.8 and 10.7.
· Develop load time performance was inconsistent.

Scott wrote:

Above: One of my favorites because there’s a much bigger story here — a Colts Defensive Lineman is seriously injured and lying on the field just beyond the ref. His ankle is turned in a position you never want see anyone’s ankle, and it’s the kind of gruesome injury that can be career-ending. These Bucs players take a knee to pray for the fallen player, even though he’s on the opposing team. It was silent in the stadium

the 1D Mark IV and 1Ds Mark III. The full-frame 18-megapixel image sensor is a brand new design, with 6.95 micron pixels—1.25 microns larger than the 1DMKIV and 0.55 microns bigger than the 5DMKII's pixels—and the now-standard gapless micro lens architecture. Additionally it's got a new photodiode structure with ultra-efficient photoelectric conversion rate.* Canon's promising it's their lowest noise sensor ever.

Also brand new, and part of the reason it's so not noisy: dual Digic 5+ image processors, which are each 3x faster than Digic 5 and 17x faster than Digic 4. They enable a lot of the camera's new hotness, like 12FPS RAW shooting (or up to 14FPS in JPEG, though both require a full battery) and new features like multiple exposure mode, which'll combine up to nine separate images into a single photo. (There's four ways to combine multiple exposures: additive, average, bright and dark. You can guess what they do.) They increase standard sensitivity by two stops, which is why you get crazy ISO numbers. The standard ISO range is 100-51,200 but expanded hits 102,400 and 204,800. Some sample photos I saw from a pre-production model that were shot at ISO 25,600 were ridiculously, ridiculously clean.

Completely revamped as well are the autofocus and metering systems, the latter of which gets its own Digic 4 processor—yes, just for metering. Canon's calling the new autofocus its "61-Point High Density Reticular AF" system, since the points in the center are so dense and overlapping they form like a net of autofocus. The 21 central points are precision cross-type points up to F5.6, while the five dead center focus points are high-precision diagonal cross-type points for apertures up to F2.8. And there's another 20 outer focus points that are also cross-type, so 41 of the 61 AF points are cross-type. The new intelligent tracking autofocus is helped out by the new metering system, which has a 100,000-pixel RGB metering sensor with 252 zones (which can be reduced 35 for better low light metering), allowing phase detection to be associated with subjects' color or face.

Video's improved too. It's the usual 1080p at 24fps or 30fps or 720p at 60fps, recorded in h.264, but Canon's now got continuous video recording up to 29 minutes and 59 seconds—the camera automatically generates a new video file when it hits 4GB. They've figured out a way to reduced the moire problem as well. Two new compression formats: intraframe (ALL-i ) and interframe (IPB). And there's now Rec Run and Free Run timecode embedding.

And I almost forgot—the jog wheel now has an iPod classic type touch control for silent operation during movie recording.

Other bits! The ethernet port's gigabit and lets you run the camera as an FTP server, time sync between cams or pull photos over DLNA. (Sorry, no built-in Wi-Fi, but there is an attachment; same with GPS.) Dual UDMA-7 CF card slots. The carbon fiber blades make for a shutter rated to 400,000 cycles. The viewfinder is optically the same as the 1Ds MK III, with 100 percent coverage and .76x magnification, but it's got the same intelligence as the 7D, with the on-demand grid. Also like the 7D, dual-axis electronic leveling. Canon's also slightly retooled the camera, so controls are simplified, both in the software interface and in the hardware: playback controls on the left, operation on the right. It's got the same style / weather-sealed magnesium alloy chassis as the 1D MKIV, as well as the same 3.2-inch LCD.

All in all, there's a ton here—I only scratched the surface, particularly when it comes to the itty bits, like the new mirror architecture or more precise shutter.

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

hahahahha. Yeah what a great gift. :Roll eyes:
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