Update: Capture Integration is not recommending the 6.2 release at this time for 8-core Mac Pro users. Read more.
Capture One 6.2 is now available for download at phaseone.com.
Major Features
- Tethering support for the Nikon D7000
- Tethering support for Canon 600D/Rebel T3i/1100D/Rebel T3
- Camera controls for Canon and Nikon (shutter/aperture/mode).
- Auto rotation and auto keystone (for relevant cameras).
- On Mac, IIQ and EIP files will now be rendered in the Finder with their adjustments applied using the supplied QuickLook plug- ‐in.
- Local adjustment of saturation and clarity.
- Invert local adjustments mask and copy local adjustments mask from other layer.
Minor Revisions
- Revised warning preferences.
- Option to always show readout pins.
- Camera white balance presets available in camera tool.
- Aspect Ratio/SensorFlex/Image Area mode available in camera tool (for relevant cameras).
- Auto sync of XMP metadata (sidecars only).
Bugfixes / Improvements
- During play, slideshow waits for a high quality image to be available before transitioning.
- On Mac, new option to make all new files writable for everyone. (applies only to specific workflows)
- Improved OpenCL and 64 bit performance.
- Improved LCC when used with some wide-‐angle lenses on technical cameras.
- Improved high ISO noise reduction for Canon 1Ds Mark II and 1D Mark IV
- Improved highlight recovery for Panasonic cameras.
Editorial Comments
It’s very exciting to see Capture One finally gain aperture/shutter/mode control over Canon/Nikon cameras. This has been a major stumbling block for some specific kinds of shooting. Capture One is a significantly faster, higher quality, and more powerful workflow than using Canon’s tethering app, EOS utility, but many C1 users had to use EOS utility specifically for it’s camera control (e.g. when shooting remotely off a rig in the air). In addition many Canon users became disaffected when Capture One 5 would crash when shooting a Canon quickly. That problem (which was actually Canon’s fault) was resolved when Canon updated their SDK and Phase One incorporated it in Capture One 6.0 – ending the crashing when shooting fast issue. We’re hoping that Phase One will be able to implement Live View from within C1 for Canon/Nikon cameras, the final stumbling block to ridding users of EOS Utility entirely.
It’s also very good to see the continued development of Local Adjustments. When first released in December we were blown away by the quality (especially shadow noise and color accuracy when dodging shadows) of Local Adjustments but it was lacking some key abilities. A gradient tool, straight line drawing, and opacity are still sorely missed and the speed of drawing masks with large brush size is still a bit slow on a laptop, and it would be nice to have some specific tools like Vignette available as Local Adjustments. Otherwise Local Adjustments has really matured and the additions in this update help a lot. Every tool which allows the photographer to avoid having to make adjustments in photoshop speeds the workflow and local adjustments has certainly done that with the added benefit of better image quality than other workflows.
Cautionary
We’ve been playing with the beta for several weeks and while we’ve only encountered a few problems (which for beta is very good) we’d still prefer our clients wait a week or two while we test and vet this most recent release. An update will be made in the form of a blog post here. So sign up for our RSS feed to get the update without any effort.
About Capture One Updates
Capture Integration is constantly testing new releases of Capture One and has many customers who are kind enough to keep us informed about their testing. We recommend a user update software or operating-system only when:
- The update contains an improvement, new feature or bug fix which is relevant to the user (“if it isn’t broke – don’t fix it”)
- The update has been out long enough to give a sense of whether it contains any nasty bugs
- The user has time/desire to do a complete test of anything workflow critical (e.g. tethering, processing, retouching, printing etc)
- The user has a complete bootable backup of the computer