Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Beta 3 version 2
Adobe today released an update to its Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta software, available immediately through Adobe Labs. Building on the  success of the first Lightroom 3 beta, which was downloaded by more  than 350,000 photographers, Lightroom 3 beta 2 incorporates feedback  from the first iteration of the beta while offering users several new  features and greatly improved performance throughout the application.
New features in this release include tethered shooting support for  select Nikon and Canon cameras, the ability to import and manage video  files from DSLR cameras for a streamlined workflow and additional  behind-the-scenes architecture enhancements for faster importing and  loading of images. The addition of luminance noise reduction to the  color noise reduction options already available in the beta helps  photographers achieve overall exceptional image quality from high ISO  images. The import experience and watermarking functionality have also  been modified to reflect feedback received from the Lightroom community  during the first beta period.
The input from the photography community has been extremely valuable  and Adobe would like to thank everyone who has participated in the beta  program. Adobe encourages photographers to test this new selection of  features and provide the product team with feedback so they can produce  the highest quality final product.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 
Adobe Lightroom is the essential digital photography workflow solution,  helping serious amateur and professional photographers quickly import,  manage, perfect and showcase all their images in one intuitive  application.
Pricing and Availability 
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta 2 is available as a free download to  anyone on a Macintosh or Windows platform and is available in 12  languages. Visit http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom3/ to  learn more and download the second beta. Feedback can be submitted on  the Lightroom forums: http://forums.adobe.com/community/labs/lightroom3/.
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it actually does look great.
I never really liked LR2’s high-ISO conversion while DxO 5.3.5 was impressive.
But people do strange things: On my A900, I really don’t like Dx0 6.x.x with its “hieroglyphic” noise pattern, and DO like LR2’s salt and pepper pattern! Now with luma enabled things are looking better and better.
I don’t think I will use luma slider much, but it is good to know that it is there if I need it.