New, Sharper DPP For 5DIII?

The British magazine Amateur Photographer has this interesting item today:
http://www.amateurphot​ographer.co.uk …software_news_3​11676.html
The article says DPP 3.11, but 3.11 was released last Nov. and the latest version is 3.11.4 released last month. Maybe the reference is to 3.11.5 which will have this new DLO function.

DPP and Photoshop RAW have has the ability to correct lens distortion and aberration for quite some time. Now they are moving that into the camer's own processor for JPEGs versus doing it in post. Also sounds like they've included stronger factory preset sharpening to get around so many complaints of soft images from the likes of RAWs from 7D's that required stonger anti alias filters to reduce moire from the denser sensors.

Good news. Thanks Elie.

what are the chances of having a firmware update for other cameras, like tye %dmk2?
I mean, that would reflect this sharper dpp.

NWPhil wrote in post #14007750
what are the chances of having a firmware update for other cameras, like tye %dmk2?
I mean, that would reflect this sharper dpp.

It's nothing to do with the camera DLO is part of the DPP software package , no need for firmware update, page 68 of the manual.

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Mark, is that manual available publicly yet?

It is on the Canon USA website: http://www.usa.canon.c​om …k_iii#Brochures​AndManuals

Well, if you look there is nothing more recent than DPP 3.9 on that page.

I have DPP 3.11.4 installed, it's there for other cameras.

I'm looking for the new version!

OK, I refreshed my page, the DPP 3.11 Manual now shows with a date of 3/16, I downloaded it, and it includes DLO, WhooHoo!

Now we just have to wait for the software!

I wonder if they will ever make the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS compatible .

So I ran a quick comparison test between the DPP HDR and the Photoshop CS3 HDR using 3 5DC CR2 files. My main issue with the DPP tool is that it tends to fail at auto-aligning where you haven't shot with a tripod, at least on my three tests over a couple days it failed on two, whereas CS3 handled each.

The are some usable controls in the DPP HDR window, basic global contols but you don't have one as fine-tuned as the CS3 White Point setting. However you do have global Brightness, Saturation and Contrast, and a nice Digital Enhancement feature which among other things can do some pretty hefty sharpening, and also a little "Art" dropdown list where you can choose one of those "artsy" looks.

Then. CS3 gives you Adjustments in the 32-bit image as well as a nifty "gamma control" when you are converting to a 16-bit image. DPP doesn't have that ability. You Save As and get a jpeg.

However, you can do some adjustments in the Tone Curve control, which can have the end results that are similar to the final outcome of CS3. However, the default settings of DPP emphacize the highlights more than I'd like, so you do need that final Tone Curve adjustment.

So, my take is that DPP is quicker and simpler, and as long as you do the Tone Curve tweaking, has a decent output, however, you may not be happy trying to use it with hand-held shots!

If anyone is interested, I could post a project in the HDR forum, let me know, otherwise I won't go to the trouble!