DdeGannes wrote:
Quote "Personally I would regard 5 years support as reasonable, which would mean that CS5 should get new camera support until 2015."
The issue here is ACR / LR raw processing engine is rapidly improving with new technology so its not "just" a matter of new camera support. Almost every six months or so raw processors are introducing new advances, ACR 7.x LR 4.x introduced Process Version 2012 and my bet would be that we will see a new one with next issue of ACR / LR just to match the competition from the likes of Capture one and DxO Pro.
I agree with that, but Adobe have managed to provide new camera support for CS6 without adding new features. That is what I think they should have done for earlier versions, too.
However, it's rather academic now. My 5-year-suppport view means CS5 support would run out in April 2015 anyway.