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27 August 2014
DxO Labs has released Optics Pro 9.2.5 with support for the Nikon D810 in the $299 Elite Edition of the software. The company said its Smart Lighting feature, which intelligently optimizes global image contrast, is particularly beneficial to the "great depth of color and very large dynamic range" of D810 images.
The new version of Optics Pro also adds 894 camera/lens combinations to its Optics modules with support for Konica Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Sigma, Sony, Tamron, Tokina and Zeiss lenses for numerous Nikon, Panasonic and Sony cameras.
That brings the total number of Optics modules to over 20,000. "This database, unique in all the world," the company explained, "allows DxO Optics Pro to automatically correct distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberrations and lens softness with an unrivaled level of quality."
We reviewed Optics Pro 9.5 earlier this year. A free trial version of DxO Optics Pro 9, good for one month, is available on the DxO Labs Web site.
DxO Optics Pro v9.5.2 Supports Nikon D810, Surpasses 20,000 Optics Modules
PARIS, France -- DxO Labs announces the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro v9.5.2 for Mac and Windows, the image processing software of reference for all serious photographers. This upgrade allows DxO Optics Pro 9 to offer support for the Nikon D810 (Elite Edition only) and to surpass the milestone of 20,000 available DxO Optics Modules.
Unparalleled highlight management and color rendering
Thanks to its exclusive DxO Smart Lighting feature, DxO Optics Pro optimizes the overall contrast of an image by intelligently adapting to its contents. Details in the four different light ranges, once thought to be unrecoverable, are revealed, even when the information was missing in the original Raw files. This makes it the perfect tool to use with the Nikon D810, which offers a great depth of color and very large dynamic range, resulting in subtle gradations of tone in both highlights and shadows.
20,000 Optics Modules available for unequaled optical corrections
DxO Optics Pro v9.5.2 also adds 894 new camera/lens combinations to its library of DxO Optics Modules, thus providing support for Konica Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Sigma, Sony, Tamron, Tokina and Zeiss lenses for numerous Nikon, Panasonic and Sony cameras.
DxO Optics Pro has surpassed the milestone of 20,000 DxO Optics Modules. Developed in the laboratory through an exclusive calibration process, DxO Optics Modules contain all the information about the characteristics of each camera and lens. This database, unique in all the world, allows DxO Optics Pro to automatically correct distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberrations and lens softness with an unrivaled level of quality.
With five laboratories throughout Europe, DxO Labs has greater capacity for calibrating and measuring cameras and lenses, thus ensuring an even higher production rate of DxO Optics Modules.
Availability and prices
The Standard and Elite editions of DxO Optics Pro v9.5.2 for Mac and Windows are immediately available in the DxO Labs online store and at photo resellers at the following prices:
United States:
- DxO Optics Pro 9 Standard Edition: $169
- DxO Optics Pro 9 Elite Edition: $299
Great Britain (suggested retail prices, including VAT):
- DxO Optics Pro 9 Standard Edition: £119
- DxO Optics Pro 9 Elite Edition: £239
Europe (suggested retail prices, including tax):
- DxO Optics Pro 9 Standard Edition: €149
- DxO Optics Pro 9 Elite Edition: €299
Photographers who acquired a DxO Optics Pro 8 license on or after Sept. 1, 2013, are entitled to a free upgrade to version 9.
A fully-functional free trial version of DxO Optics Pro 9, good for one month, is available on the DxO Labs Web site.
For complete details about all of DxO Optics Pro's features, go to http://www.dxo.com/intl/photography/dxo-optics-pro/features.
To access DxO Optics Pro tutorials, webinars and the user guide, check out the DxO Academy.