Lightroom 6.9 and CC 2015.9 were released today with support for new cameras, new lens profiles, bug fixes, and improved error messages for syncing to Lightroom mobile (CC only). There are otherwise no new features in these free updates to 6 and CC.
If Lightroom doesn’t prompt you to update, go to Help>Updates, or click on the Update button on the Apps tab of your Creative Cloud app, or download the update file from one of these links and then double-click on the file to run the installation wizard: Mac Windows .
Lightroom Mobile Sync Error Information (CC Only)
The Sync Activity section on the Lightroom mobile tab of Preferences now gives information on why images have failed to sync. Clicking on any image in the list will select that image in the Library module. To access Preferences, go to Lightroom (Mac) or Edit (PC) > Preferences. At the bottom of the Lightroom mobile tab, if there is a sideways triangle to the left of “Sync Activity”, click on it to expand the section.
Lightroom mobile sync error messaging
New Camera Support
Lightroom can now import raw files (and JPEGs) from the following new cameras:
- Canon PowerShot G9 X Mark II
- Casio EX-ZR3200
- Fujifilm GFX 50S
- Fujifilm X100F
- Fujifilm X-A10
- Fujifilm X-T20
- Leica M10
- Olympus E-M1 Mark II
- Panasonic DC-FZ80 (DC-FZ82, DC-FZ85)
- Panasonic DC-GF9 (DC-GX850, DC-GX800)
- Panasonic DC-GH5
- Panasonic DMC-TZ82
- Phase One IQ3 100MP
New Lens Profiles
- Apple
- Moment Macro Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
- Moment Macro Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
- Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
- Moment Superfish Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
- Moment Tele Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
- Moment Tele Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
- Moment Wide Lens for iPhone 7 (DNG + JPEG)
- Moment Wide Lens for iPhone 7 Plus (DNG + JPEG)
- Canon EF
- Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L III USM
- Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
- Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
- TAMRON 1024mm F/3.54.5 Di II VC HLD B023E
- TAMRON SP 70200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E
- TAMRON SP 70200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E +1.4x III
- TAMRON SP 70200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025E +2x III
- Canon EF-M
- Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM
- Canon EF-M 28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM
- TAMRON 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD B023E
- DJI
- DJI Mavic Pro FC220 (DNG + JPEG)
- Fujifilm X
- Fujifilm X100F
- Nikon F
- TAMRON 10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD B023N
- TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N
- TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N x1.4
- TAMRON SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025N x2.0
- Voigtlander SL II – S 58mm f/1.4 NoktonSony E
- Sony E
- PZ 18-110mm F4 G OSS
- Sony FE
- Rokinon/Samyang AF 14mm F2.8 FE
- Voigtlander ULTRA WIDE-HELIAR 12mm F5.6 III
- Zeiss Loxia 2.4/85
Bugs Fixed
Deleting Photos
- Deleting a photo with the Delete key while in People view instead deletes face region from previously tagged photo
- Deleting rejected photos: unable to advance to another image or preview window is blank.
Import
- Unable to import compressed raw files from Fujifilm XT2and XPro2
- iPhone video capture time shifted to GMT (rather than preserving local time)
- Images from Canon EOS G7X MK II sometimes had a green color cast
- JPEGs created from Live Photos capture on iPhone treated like an XMP sidecar file – couldn’t be imported
- Can’t access Auto Import settings from File menu
Catalog Backup
- Unable to back up catalog (if using two-byte characters in folder path)
- Catalog exceeds 4 GB warning appearing for catalogs that are smaller than this.
- Lightroom doesn’t start after creating new catalog.
Miscellaneous Library / Export
- Abnormal Lightroom exit when using Full Screen mode (Mac Sierra only)
- Exports slower than expected
- Active image becomes unselected when syncing is happening in background
- Panorama DNG result appearing in between source files when sorted by capture time.
Develop
- Upright error where the “Update” button was incorrectly enabled when Upright unable to find a correction
- Lens Profile auto matching not working for Zeiss Batis 85mm lenses
- Cursor movements on point curves erratic
Miscellaneous
- Zoom doesn’t work smoothly – when zooming in, it first zooms out, then incrementally zooms in
- Memory leak
- Map module issues – dragging photos to the map has no effect (Windows)
- Slideshow export as JPEG text overlay issue – on export, text overlays that should vary by slide are not
- Lightroom won’t print.
Bug Not Yet Fixed – Side Panels Go Black
There was a bug in 6.8 / CC 2015.8 on Mac Sierra that for some users caused the side panels to turn black intermittently. This bug has not yet been fixed. You can resolve this by hiding and then showing the Lightroom application, switching from Library (G) to Develop (D) and back, or restarting Lightroom. If, however, you experienced this, found it intolerable and reverted back to 6.7 / CC 2015.7 – and if this helped – then you may want to wait for Lightroom 6.10 / CC 2015.10 before updating. (This said, I have since been told by Adobe that they can reproduce this issue in 6.7 and earlier versions of Lightroom as well, so there’s no guarantee that reverting would help.) If you had no issues with this in 6.8 / CC 2015.8, I wouldn’t expect you to in this new update either.
Ah, those side panels going black? I thought it was just that I had an older Mac with not as much memory when I upgraded to Sierra. I installed more ram; that helped with a lot of things but not this. Commenting here so if there’s an update, I’ll know.
Me as well!
Me too, so annoying as all I can do is restart LR. Sometimes when I close LR down a skeleton surround of LR appears on the screen before disappearing. I have close down LR about 6 times a day, if not more….I am really looking forward to having this bug fixed! …everything else on my computer is up to date.
Hi Laura
Thank you for your informative newsletters. Adobe automated the Lightroom update to v6.9 this morning [NZ time] – mine failed twice with a link to the error message but the link gave no actual message. I have Windows 10. Others may experience this but nothing yet on the customer service page. Cheers Isobelle
You’re welcome, Isobelle. I’d suggest trying again later. Here’s the problems page to monitor (or report the issue if it persists.)
First on the draw as always. Thanks
BTW the file update links in the second paragraph aren’t links. Thanks
You’re welcome, Doug, and thank you for the heads up on the links – I had forgotten to look for these – stay tuned.
Thanks for the links. Since Adobe denies that I have issues (one 2 computers at different locations) with LR not connecting to their server (not CC) I have to depend on update file links to keep everything current.
Regards
I haven’t updated to 6.9 yet but a friend of mine reported that
the “Visualize spots” checkbox has gone missing!
Anyone else having this problem?
I’m not, but you can toggle it on/off with the shortcut A.
User error. I told her yesterday that maybe the toolbar was turned off.
She did turn it on, but in the Library module, not realizing that the T-toggle is not
global but on a module by module basis.
You can never be too specific when explaning things … ;-)
Thank you Laura. You are a gem!
Sometimes, well too often really, when I delete images in Lightroom, from drive, I get an error message and have to re-start LR.
I’m wondering is this because the or catalogue is on an external drive.
Will the update help in any way do you Think?
Cheers,
Clare
I would just like to thank you Laura for keeping us up to date
You’re welcome, Chris!
Lightroom also started to error and quit every time I deleted an image. Out of curiosity to see what would happen, I created a sub-folder naming it All Deletions, dragging all my images I wish to trash into it. When done editing, I just highlight them, select rejection and command>delete. It worked like a charm. No more error and LR quitting. Try it!
I’m glad you thought of a workaround, Katalin. This issue should be fixed with 6.9 though.
Ok, it has been a few days. Do you recommend downloading 2015.9? Are there any new bugs? Any serious bugs? Thanks very much!
Art
I’m not seeing widespread serious issues, Art. (There are always some new bugs, but it looks pretty quiet.) Here’s the Adobe page to monitor.
Greetings everyone,
I recently updated my LR and now new photos imported from camera will not sync with my mobile devices. Anyone have suggestions?
When I select one of the photos, go to Edit then Preferences, it says there are 3 that have an error, but do not state what the error is, and one that is pending.
My computer was wiped during repair last week. So, I finally got Lightroom 6.0 downloaded from the Adobe site using my serial number from a CD that has been misplaced. It is very frustrating trying to get live help from Adobe.
Now I want to download the update 6.9 but I can not get it to download on my computer. I assume that this version has all the other updates included???
Is there an easy solution. The help tab has an update which then says hit import. I am not getting any import from their sight, only from my computer.
I would suggest downloading the 6.10 update, Harry. You’ll find a link for a Windows download in the first paragraph of my blog post. This will take you from 6.0 to 6.10.
I’m still using El Capitan and having the side panels go black for no reason.
If updating to Lightroom 6.10 or CC 2015.10 doesn’t help, Janice, then I think you’re out of luck – you can switch from G to D to G again (grid to Develop and back), or restart Lightroom. Post on the Adobe Lightroom forum to see if they have any other suggestions for you.
Laura – Congrats for the new website. Nice and crisp.
Btw I am still learning from your videos. They are simple and down to earth, as usual.
Warm regards from Mauritius.
Tiberman Sajiwan Ramyead.
Thank you, Tiberman! Great to hear from you – I had been thinking of you, wondering how you were since I hadn’t heard from you in quite a while – I hope you are well. You’re my favorite Mauritian, after all!