DxO Labs Announces Support For Nikon D200 And Canon EOS-1D Mark II N D-SLRs In DxO Optics Pro V3.5

DxO Labs adds highly sought-after camera and lens couples to its DxO Optics Pro offer.

Paris, France, February 3, 2006- DxO Labs announces today that DxO Optics Pro v3.5 Digital SLR and lens automatic image quality enhancement software now supports the recently released Nikon D200 and the Canon EOS-1D Mark II N Digital-SLRs. DxO Optics Pro v3.5 is the award-winning digital image enhancement tool incorporating revolutionary optics, noise and exposure corrections in an easy-to-use, feature rich application for Mac and PC users.

"As soon as major Digital-SLRs are released by the manufacturers, we are under incredible pressure from the photography community to support them in DxO Optics Pro. Increasingly, demanding photographers are adopting DxO Optics Pro as a critical accessory to their equipment and support by DxO is fast becoming a gear selection criteria. We are very happy to debut today the support for these two very significant Digital-SLRs," says Luc Marin, vice president of the Photography Business at DxO Labs.

DxO Optics Pro v3.5 support for the Nikon D200, Nikon's most recent offering positioned between the popular D70s and the professional D2X debuts with - among others - the long-awaited AF-S-DX-VR-Zoom-Nikkor-18-200mm-f3.5-5.6G-IF-ED lens.

The Canon EOS-1D Mark II N is a sophisticated upgrade of the widely-appreciated EOS 1D Mark II, a favorite 'fast action' SLR. With its addition to the DxO Optics Pro camera body lineup, photographers can appreciate the image enhancement capabilities brought to an initial suite of the most popular Canon lenses: Canon EF16-35mm f/2.8L USM, Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM, Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, Canon EF17-40mm f/4L USM.

Fully functional demonstration versions of DxO Optics Pro v3.5 including support for these camera and lens combinations are available at www.dxo.com. DxO Labs plans to greatly expand lens support for these two D-SLRs in the coming weeks and throughout 2006.

About DxO Labs and its DxO Technology
DxO Labs is a software company developing image generation and enhancement technologies. We provide reliable off-the-shelf solutions for serious amateurs and professional photographers, photography journalists and experts as well as companies in the imaging business such as digital camera or cameraphone vendors, mobile operators, and printing or photofinishing professionals.

The company's patented DxO technologies, the DxO Technology Foundations, are the result of state-of-the-art academic mathematical research. The DxO Technology Foundations comprise a set of software components to generate images or correct major imaging defects, such as color, contrast, blur, various optics faults, JPEG artifacts, etc.

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