What’s new in Lightroom 5.6?

It’s only 6 weeks after the release of Lightroom 5.5, and Lightroom 5.6 is already on our doorsteps!  That would be primarily due to the recent release of an expensive but popular camera… so just a few updates this time.

Here are the update download links for perpetual licences: Windows – Mac  Creative Cloud subscribers update via the Creative Cloud app.

 

So what’s new? Camera support, for a start:

• Nikon D810
• Panasonic LUMIX AG-GH4
• Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ1000
• Click to view the full list of supported cameras

 

There are also some new lens profiles:

• Canon mount
  • Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM
  • Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010E
  • Tamron 18-200 f/3.5-6.3 DiIII VC B011EM
• Nikon mount
  • Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 70-300mm f/4.5 – 5.6
  • Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010N
  • Pentax mount
  • Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A013
• Phase One A/S
  • Schneider Kreuznach LS 40-80mm f/4.0-5.6
• Sony Alpha
  • Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM A013
  • Sony 28mm f/2.8
  • Sony 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye
  • Sony 100mm f/2.8 MACRO
  • Sony DT 16-105mm f/3.5-5.6
  • Sony DT 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3
  • Sony DT 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3
  • Sony 70-200mm f/2.8G
  • Sony 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM
  • Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM
  • Sony 70-400mm f/4-5.6 G SSM II
  • Sony 135mm f/2.8 [T4.5] STF
  • Sony 300mm f/2.8 G SSM II
• Sony E
  • Zeiss Touit 2.8/50M
• Click here for the full list of available Adobe Lens Profiles
• Further user-created profiles can be downloaded using the Lens Profile Downloader

 

Of course there are also bug fixes, particularly surrounding Lightroom mobile and the new Nikon D810 camera:

• Collections with a custom sort order would sometimes not properly sync with Lightroom mobile.
• Updated the “Adobe Standard” color profile for the Nikon D810.  Please note that this only impacts customers who used Camera Raw 8.6 or DNG Converter 8.6 to convert NEF raw files from the D810 to DNG
• Star ratings set in Lightroom mobile did not properly sync to Lightroom desktop.  Please note that this only occurred on images that were added to Lightroom mobile from the camera roll
• Resolved the issues causing the persistent “Syncing … images” state that some of our customers have reported.”
• Star ratings would sometimes not sync from Lightroom desktop to Lightroom mobile.  Please note that this only occurred when attempting to sync a Collection that contained more than 100 photos that already contained star ratings.
• Added information to the “System Info” dialogue to help designate if the customer installed Lightroom from the Creative Cloud.
• Unable to open sRaw files from the Nikon D810.  Please note that this only impacted customers that converted D810 sRaw files to DNG in either Camera Raw 8.6 RC or DNG Converter 8.6 RC.
• Images with invalid GPS coordinates would not properly sync with Lightroom mobile
• Lightroom occasionally crashed when changing image selection on Windows. Please note that this only occurred on the Windows platform.
• JPEG files exported from Lightroom would not open or be available to edit within Canon Digital Photo Professional application software.
• Lightroom would run in reduced functionality mode when it should not.

 

And there’s one small new known bug that’ll be fixed in the next release:

• The profile for the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM lens isn’t currently picked up automatically. You can fix it by selecting a photo shot using that lens, selecting the profile from the pop-ups in the Lens Correction panel, and then selecting Save New Lens Profile Defaults from the Setup pop-up menu.