The next version of Capture One 4.6 was released on Jan 5. The full release notes can be found at http://phaseone.com/Content/Downloads/CO4.aspxHere are the improvements and changes we thought were most important. This list is not comprehensive on purpose, so consult the above release notes if completeness is your goal.

Performance

  • The time it takes to generate a preview (important for fast tethered performance) has improved
  • The responsiveness of Color Editor is MUCH improved
  • Processing, especially when using an 8 core machine is MUCH faster
  • Browsing to a folder, and browsing from file to file within a folder is faster

New Camera Support

  • Tethered support for Nikon! D3, D700, D300, D200, D80, D60, D40x, D40
  • 5D Mark II (raw file only, no tethering)
  • Canon G10
  • Nikon D3X

Features

  • Computer Based Camera Control (currently P65+ and AFDII/AFDIII only) for shutter, aperture, and EV adjustments.
  • Load/Save Workspaces allowing you to save the position and state of your windows

Update: 4.6.1 was released with improvements only for P65+ file processing. If you don’t own or use that digital back then there is no reason to update.