About Thomas Fitzgerald

Thomas is a professional fine art photographer and writer specialising in photography related instructional books as well as travel writing and street photography. 

Iridient Developer 3.1 Released

Iridient Developer 3.1 Released

Iridient Developer has received a new update this weekend. The new version adds support for compressed raw files for the X-Pro 2 along with raw support for a number of other cameras. The update also has some important bug fixes, including a fix for some bugs in OS X.

The complete list of cameras which have been added are as follows:

  • Canon: 80D, 1D X Mark II, 1300D (Rebel T6, Kiss X80) and PowerShot G7 X Mark II.
  • Nikon: D500 and D5.
  • Sony: A6300 (ILCE-6300), A68 (ILCA-68) and RX10 III (DSC-RX10M3).
  • Panasonic: DMC-GX80 and DMC-GX85.
  • Fujifilm: X-Pro2 compressed RAF.
  • Leica: M-D (Typ 262).
  • BlackMagic: URSA, URSA 4.6K, URSA Mini 4K and URSA Mini 4.6K.
  • DJI: FC550 (Xenmuse X5), FC350 (Inspire 1 and Phantom 4), FC300X (Phantom 3 Pro) and FC300S (Phantom 3 Advanced).
  • HTC: One A9 and One M9.
  • Samsung: Galaxy S7.

You can see full details on the Iridient digital website.


Speaking of iridient Developer, my long awaited X-Trans guide for Iridient Developer is nearly finished, and I hope to have it out sometime later this week, so stay tuned!



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