Adobe Releases ACR 8.6 RC

Adobe Labs has released Adobe Camera Raw v8.6 RC for CC and CC 2014. Nothing of major importance for Leica shooters in this one, save for Leica M (Type 240) folks. A bug fix described as "Fix automatic lens profile selection for Leica M (Typ 240) when using most recent firmware version." You can download it for CS6 on the Adobe Labs page here.

New Camera Support in Camera Raw 8.6 RC:

  • Nikon D810
  • Panasonic LUMIX AG-GH4
  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ1000

New Lens Profile Support in Camera Raw 8.6 RC:

  • Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM
  • Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
  • Schneider Kreuznach LS 40-80mm f/4.0-5.6 (Phase One A/S)
  • Sony 28mm f/2.8
  • Sony 100mm F2.8 Macro
  • Sony DT 16-105mm f/3.5-5.6
  • Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
  • Sony 70-200mm f/2.8G
  • Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM
  • Zeiss Touit 2.8/50M

New features introduced for Photoshop CC customers include:

  • Camera matching color profiles for Sony's DSC-RX100 III, A7S (ILCE-7S) and Alpha SLT-A77 II (ILCA-77M2).
  • Improved performance when batch processing images via the Save button (in Camera Raw) and when converting images to DNG (in DNG Converter). The performance improvements are available only in 64 bit systems.

As for bug fixes, ACR 8.6 RC addresses the following:

  • Fix crash on launch in some cases on Hi DPI (Retina) systems.
  • Fix crash when opening some Sigma SD9 raw files.
  • Fix issue with JPEG images saved by Camera Raw not readable in some external applications.
  • Fix automatic lens profile selection for Leica M (Typ 240) when using most recent firmware version.
  • Fix issue with some Hasselblad H5D-50c and H5D-60 3FR raw images appearing slightly too dark. Unfortunately, this fix may affect the appearance of existing images captured with this combination of settings. It is recommended that you (1) purge the Camera Raw cache via the Camera Raw Preferences dialog, and (2) review previously captured images for unexpected brightness changes.

Update (7/31/14):

ACR 8.6 final has been released and can be downloaded for Mac and Windows.