New Nikon D3 and D700 "Camera" v2 beta profiles

Really dumb question here, but in my Camera Profiles folder I've got folders named 'Camera', 'Camera beta 1', 'Camera beta 2', and now 'Camera v2 beta'. How do I know which camera profiles are being used in LR3?

Would it be possible to get an updated profile for a D300 as good quality as these?

These profiles are very close to the in camera JPG.  Perfect! 

When are these going "Gold"? (shipping)

Carsten

Confused as to which are the latest versions of these profiles.  Are the profiles listed as the download "v.2 beta" updated profile with files dated March 10, 2010 intended to supercede the profiles included in the Camera Raw update 5.7 with file dates of April 7, 2010,  are they the same as those with the most recent Raw update, or what?

Hi Eric

It's my birthday today and you've just sent me an unexpected but very welcome present!

I don't post much on this forum but thought I'd make the effort to thank you for the hard work and effort you've put into improving this - and other - areas of Camera Raw. I've been working with Photoshop since it's first release here in the UK and have been shooting Nikons about as long. Since the change to digital I've always felt that the Adobe conversions - in Lightroom and Camera Raw - didn't quite give the quality I was getting from NX and NX2.

With the updates to the Camera Raw engine and the new camera profiles - which I presume is replicated in the Lightroom 3 v2 beta that I've been testing - the quality has come on leaps and bounds, so much so that I'm seriously considering moving the majority of my work over to Lightroom 3 when it's released but certainly to Camera Raw in the short to mid-term.

I'll get on with some more serious testing later this week but just thought I drop by and leave a token of my appreciation.

Keep up the good work!

Jason

Replica Imaging Limited - UK

www.replica-imaging.co.uk

Eric, any plans to produce these for the D3X?  Thanks.

Eric outstanding job on these. Just downloaded these profiles and compared them to the profiles that were in Camera Raw 6.

These profiles are much better than the default profiles in Camera Raw 6, much less banding and much better neutrals.

Now if you could just create a set of profiles that would match the colors and curve that Capture One Pro 5 produces

I'd pay good money for that.

Lance

Eric,

Thank you so much for taking action on this! It must be a daunting task to maintain, update and add to the camera profile list and therefore we all do appreciate your work!

Another profile that caught my eye since quite some time is the Canon 5D Mark II Standard profile. In contrary to the camera's behavior (or that of DPP) this profile renders images in warm light and with low exposure not very well. Especially with skin tones this shows up negatively.

Thanks for listening!

Thomas

I hope that this update to the D3/D700 Nikon Camera profiles will eventually flow through to other Nikon models.  I have very noticable

cyan/magenta banding in some raw images from my D90 camera when Camera profiles are applied, such as Camera Standard.  This banding reduces significantly when I apply the Adobe Standard profile, but doesn't elimate it completely.

Tony