Adobe Camera Raw 5.4 includes .fff and .3fr support

[alexkent]

just posted on Adobe Labs,
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php?title=Camera_Raw_5.4

Adobe Camera Raw 5.4 "release candidate"

includes support for:
• Hasselblad CF-22
• Hasselblad CF-22MS
• Hasselblad CF-39
• Hasselblad CF-39MS
• Hasselblad CFH-22
• Hasselblad CFH-39
• Hasselblad CFV
• Hasselblad 503CWD
• Hasselblad H2D-22
• Hasselblad H2D-39
• Hasselblad H3D-22
• Hasselblad H3D-31
• Hasselblad H3D-39
• Hasselblad H3DII-22
• Hasselblad H3DII-31
• Hasselblad H3DII-39
• Hasselblad H3DII-39MS
• Hasselblad H3DII-50
(amongst others)

I've just loaded it, and it appears to be able to read .3fr and .fff files directly.
It also seems to support H1D's (and presumably the whole ixpress 132 generation) despite them not being listed.
One caveat, opening .fff files directly in Photoshop didn't seem to load them via Camera Raw (it instead loads the low-res preview directly into PS). But if you start from Bridge CS4, then "Open in Camera Raw..." specifically they will open up in ACR.

Presumably there will soon be an update to add native support for these files to Lightroom.

I think this is rather good.

[obviously opening these files in ACR you will loose some of the features of Flex/Phocus: DAC, etc. as previously discussed on this forum]

[MyEcholalia]

Thanks for the info. That's exciting news and it will be interesting to compare the rendering between Phocus and LR once the new version is out. Can't wait to try it with my 132C files.

[rsmphoto]

3fr only!!!

http://forums.adobe.com/message/1982052#1982052