Updates for DxO Optics Pro are now occurring more frequently in order to support more cameras and lenses as quickly as possible. Here is the latest news:

New for January:

• The Panasonic DMC-GH2 and Sony SLT-A55 cameras are now supported.

• 165 camera/lens combinations have been added to the DxO Optics Module library, providing support for additional lenses from Canon, Nikkor, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina, Pentax and Sony for numerous Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Panasonic, Pentax and Sony cameras. See the complete list

• The current version of DxO Optics Pro is v6.5.3

• Update via your customer account

Planned for February:

• DxO Optics Pro version 6.5.4 will support the following cameras:

-Olympus EPL2
-Sony A580
-Panasonic LX5

• Many camera/lens combinations will be added for these cameras as well for numerous other cameras already supported.

To access the list of supported camera/lens combinations as well as those planned for February and the ensuing months, follow this link and then select the 2nd tab:
Supported and planned combinations

HDR and Photoshop

HDR (High  Dynamic  Range Imaging) can be daunting to start with, but once you start you’ll never stop.  There are very few times when I don’t shoot an exposure bracket  so that I have HDR options; even handheld.  I don’t always merge the images into a 32bit file, but I usually combine bracketed exposures in some manner to expand and manipulate dynamic range.

Digital Imaging author and trainer, Colin Smith, has a number of tutorial videos out that are a good place to start your HDR training.  He did the tutorial videos for Photomatix, which is a must have application for HDR.  Colin’s PhotoshopCAFE website has lots of other useful digital imaging videos.