Adobe has released its Photoshop Camera Raw 5.4 Release Candidate,
available immediately as a free download from Adobe Labs at
http://labs.adobe.com. The “release candidate” label indicates that
this update is well tested but would benefit from additional
community testing before it is distributed automatically to all
customers.

The Camera Raw 5.4 Release Candidate extends raw file support to an
additional 26 camera and camera back models including the Canon EOS
500D (EOS Rebel T1i), Nikon D5000, Olympus E-620 and 18 Hasselblad
models. The full list of newly supported cameras and camera backs is
below.

The camera raw functionality in Adobe Photoshop software provides
fast and easy access to supported raw image formats produced by many
leading professional and mid-range digital cameras. Working with
these “digital negatives” provides photographers with greater
artistic control and flexibility while maintaining the original raw
files. Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw supports the same functionality for
TIFF and JPEG files.

The Camera Raw team would like the community to help verify the
quality of the Camera Raw 5.4 Release Candidate through normal usage
to ensure that the application is tested on a wide variety of
hardware and software configurations not available internally at
Adobe. Feedback can be provided on the Adobe User to User forum
(http://forums.adobe.com/community/cameraraw).

Pricing and Availability

The Photoshop Camera Raw 5.4 Release Candidate is available as a free
download for existing customers of Photoshop CS4, Photoshop Elements
7, Premiere Elements 7 and Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac. Click here
for more information and to download: http://labs.adobe.com

Additional Supported Camera and Camera Back Models

Canon EOS 500D (EOS Rebel T1i)
Epson R-D1x
Hasselblad CF-22, CF-22MS, CF-39, CF-39MS, CFH-22, CFH-39, CFV,
503CWD, H2D-22, H2D-39, H3D-22, H3D-31, H3D-39, H3DII-22, H3DII-31,
H3DII-39, H3DII-39MS, H3DII-50 Kodak EasyShare Z980
Nikon D5000
Olympus E-450
Olympus E-620
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
Sigma DP2