Adobe has announced the availability of Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 Release Candidates on Adobe Labs.

The Release Candidates bring camera support to 12 new raw file formats including the Sony Alpha NEX-C3 and add over 25 new lens profiles including support for the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G ED and Canon EF 14mm f/2.8 L USM lenses to help photographers automatically correct unwanted distortion and chromatic aberration.

In addition, the Lightroom 3.5 and Camera Raw 6.5 updates address a number of issues reported by customers on the previous releases. Lightroom is a digital photography workflow solution that helps photographers import, manage, enhance and showcase all their images within one application. The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in provides access to raw image formats produced by many leading digital camera.

The Lightroom 3.5 update is available as a free download for Lightroom 3 customers, and the Photoshop Camera Raw 6.5 plug-in is available as a free download for Photoshop CS5 customers. For more information and to test out the updates, visit http://labs.adobe.com /.