Adobe Labs has announced the availability of release candidates for v5.5 of its Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop, along with an update to the company's DNG Converter. The latest version of Camera Raw expands support for several new cameras including the Nikon D300s, Nikon D3000, Olympus E-P1 and Panasonic DMC-FZ35.

Version 5.5 also includes a correction to the demosaic algorithms utilized in the raw conversion process for Bayer sensor cameras with unequal green response.

The Camera Raw 5.5 release candidate is available for existing Photoshop CS4 customers, while the DNG Converter update can be downloaded by anyone.