Sony a7R IV

Sony a7R IV named DPReview Awards 2019 Product of the Year

Posted by Brian Smith on in Photo Gear, Sony a7R IV
Sony a7R IV named DPReview Awards 2019 Product of the Year Sony a7R IV keeps racking up awards! Sony’s 61mp high resolution flagship camera has been named DPReview Awards‘ 2019 High-End Camera of the Year AND Product of the Year!

“Sony is one of the more divisive brands on our site, partly because of a perception that it gets more attention than other manufacturers. This perception stems from two factors: firstly, Sony has released an astonishing number of high-end products in the past handful of years. Secondly, they have tended to be very good.

“Taken as a whole, the a7R IV is Sony’s best mirrorless camera yet. The enthusiast-focused a7 III continues to top the best-seller lists but if you want the highest resolution, the best autofocus system and some of the best video features on the market (not just in Sony’s own product lineup) the a7R IV is where it’s at. A true ‘flagship’, the a7R IV has undoubtedly benefited this year from no direct competition from Canon or Nikon, but it will take an unusually good product from either manufacturer to make the a7R IV look uncompetitive in 2020.”

-DPReview

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Adobe Lightroom & Camera Raw updates add Sony a7r IV, RX100 VII, FE 600 Lens Support

Posted by Brian Smith on in Adobe Camera Raw, Adobe Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic CC, Software & Firmware, Sony a7R IV, Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS, Sony FE 600mm F4 GM OSS, Sony RX100 VII
The latest Adobe Lightroom & Camera Raw August 2019 Updates add Sony a7r IV, RX100 VII preliminary Raw Support and lens profiles for Sony FE 600 f/4 GM & FE 200-600 f/5.6-6.3 G lenses including profiles for both lenses with the FE 1.4X and FE 2X teleconverters.

GPU Support Accelerates Image Editing

In addition, you can now use the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) of your system for image editing in Lightroom Classic. Previously, GPU usage was primarily utilized for display but the new release gives you an additional option to turn on the GPU for image processing. With this added support, you will experience smoother and enhanced performance for overall image-editing processes. To enable this option, do the following: • In Lightroom Classic, navigate to Edit > Preferences > Performance (Windows) or Lightroom Classic > Preferences > Performance (macOS). • In Camera Raw section, select Custom from the Use Graphics Processor drop-down menu. • Select Use GPU for image processing.

Organize Collections with Color Labels

In the Collections panel in Library module, you can organize your library by adding a color label to the collections, collection sets, and smart collections. This is a great way to stay organized and quickly differentiate between collections. • In the Collections panel, select one or more collections and right-click (Windows) or Control-click (macOS) to bring up the context-menu. • From the context-menu, choose Add Color Label to Collection and then select any color from the sub menu. Color labels can now also be renamed for folders and collections. Previous version of Lightroom only supported renaming color labels for images. To edit the color labels, go to Metadata > Color Label Set > Edit.

PNG Export Support

You can now export images in the PNG file format. Importing PNG files have been supported in previous Lightroom versions.

Batch Merge HDR and Panoramas

Merging group of HDRs or panoramas is more efficient. Rather than merging each group of images one by one, you can merge a batch of grouped images at once. First, combine each image group into a stack. Then select the stacks, right-click and select the appropriate merge option – HDR or Panorama. This will create an HDR or panorama for each stack.

Improved Library Module Performance

Experience performance improvements in Library module, specially while working with Folder panel.

Index number in Filmstrip

Index numbers are now included in the filmstrip so you can easily refer to your images in Loupe view. This is especially helpful when reviewing collections with peers or clients. To turn off index numbers in the filmstrip, go to Preferences > Interface > Filmstrip and deselect the Show Index Number check box.
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