Tom Hogarty, Lightroom product manager has posted a story about the release of the new Lightroom 3 Beta 2 available now on Labs.Adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3.

Here’s a quick summary of what’s new in this release:

• Improved performance throughout the application for faster importing and loading of images
• Native tethered shooting support for select Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras
• Luminance noise reduction has been added to the previous color noise reduction improvements available in the first public beta for outstanding overall high ISO quality
• Support for importing and managing video files from DSLR cameras for better overall photographic workflow control
• Improvements to the import experience in the first beta to reflect public feedback
• Improved watermarking functionality from the first beta to reflect public feedback

Here are a few early resources on Lightroom 3 beta 2.

Julieanne Kost walks through the changes in Lightroom 3 beta 2
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/what-s-new-in-lightroom-3-beta/whats-new-in-lightroom-3-beta-2/

A comprehensive blog post by Ian Lyons
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr3_beta_2_preview/lr3-beta2-1.htm

Victoria Bampton adds her detailed notes on the beta update
http://www.lightroomqueen.com/blog/2010/03/23/whats-new-in-lightroom-30-beta2/

Jeffrey Friedl provides a new Snapshot on Export plug-in that only works with Lightroom 3 beta 2
http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/snapshot-on-export

Sean McCormack posts his thoughts on the Lightroom-blog:
http://lightroom-blog.com/2010/03/lightroom-3-beta-2.html

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