DxOMark 2010 now including lens performance measuresments

DxO Labs announced DxOMark 2010, the new version of its website, adding RAW-based lens performance measurements to its existing database of camera sensor measurements including a lens compare feature. They also propose fifteen scores based on photographic use cases (e.g. travel, portrait) or optical metrics (resolution, distortion).

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3

Adobe is updating its popular RAW processing tool Lightroom to version 3 featuring

  • a new RAW processing engine (same as in CS5) with major performance improvements
  • profile based lens correction
  • tethered  shooting for some Canon and Nikon lenses
  • management of video files
  • new import dialog with previews
  • support for synchronization with Flickr (supported directly) and other communities (via plugins)
  • printing layouts
  • export of slideshows as video files

The update is availble for $99 (or $299 for new users).

Adobe Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4

Adobe has releaseed Lightroom 2.4 and Camera Raw 5.4!

New innovative browser from Google

Google will introduce a new web browser “Chrome” built on some fresh, innovative concepts. An early version  is ready for download here.
If you want to find out why Google thought we all need a new browser despite the many existing ones (Microsoft, Firefox, Opera, Safarai) read their well made comic. If they fullfill their promises Google Chrome will be free, fast, more stable than common browsers and has a good user interface.