The new release adds support for eleven new digital camera and camera back models from Canon, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Phase One and Sony, as well as extending support for a couple of Raw file formats. A couple of bugs related to Hasselblad and Leaf Raw file processing have been squashed in Raw Developer 1.8.4. The update also improves rendering of preview images, and improves processing of Raw images from certain Fujifilm, Olympus and Sinar products.

In full, the list of newly supported cameras in Iridient Raw Developer 1.8.4 include the Canon T1i, Kodak Z980, Nikon D5000, Olympus P1, Olympus E450, Panasonic GH1, Pentax K7, Phase One P40+, Sony A230, Sony A330 and Sony A380. DNG-format support has also been altered so as to allow processing of images captured by scanners or converted from non-Raw formats. Finally, support has been added for Phase One's Capture One EIP file format.

Courtesy of the company, the following list details all changes in the new release of Iridient Raw Developer:

• New Features:

• Support added for Canon Rebel T1i / 500D / Kiss X3.

• Support added for Nikon D5000.

• Support added for Pentax K-7.

• Support added for Olympus E-P1 and E-450.

• Support added for Sony DSLR-A230, DSLR-A330 and DSLR-A380.

• Support added for Panasonic DMC-GH1.

• Support added for Phase One P40+ and new EIP format from Capture One.

• Support added for Kodak Z980.

• Support added for DNG format files from non camera or non RAW source images such as scanners and DNG conversions of TIFF, JPEG or PSD images.

• Improvements:

  • Greatly improved quality of preview image rendering, especially at small scale sizes.

  • Improved handling and default settings for various Sinar IA/STI/DNG format files.

  • Much improved interpolation for the Fuji SR type sensor as used in the S5 Pro and S3 Pro models.

  • Improved default camera tone curves for the Olympus E-30 and E-620.

• Bug Fixes:

  • Fixed issues with loading some Hasselblad FFF format files.

  • FIxed issue where some Leaf images would be skewed when upscaled on export at 16 bits/channel.