Adobe releases Camera Raw v6.7 release candidate

True but Fuji said it would work with them too.

people buying a brand new camera model on day one and then whining about lacking support from third-party software manufacturers ... how ridiculous!

nobody forced you to buy an oddball cameras from an oddball manufacturer ... go and complain to Fuji if they don't provide a working raw converter for their X-Pro1 raw files.

As it happens, Fuji provide an excellent converter for their raw files - it's called the X-Pro1. If it's anything like the X100, in many cases you'll struggle to better the camera's own output, and you get a lot of flexibility to change parameters after the event using the in-camera raw conversion. Of course this isn't necessarily ideal in terms of workflow, especially when handling lots of files, but it's definitely worth bearing in mind until raw support widens.

People how bought the X-Pro1, you can "develop" your raw files with RAW FILE CONVERTER, the version in the CD included with your purchase. Until Adobe create a compatible version.

Do a bit of research. LR is a different animal. More of an organizer, but also an excellent editor. And since it launches into CS5 for advanced editing, you can think of it as the best of both worlds. LR is far more pleasant to use than bridge. The database alone is worth the small investment. By the way ... they do not edit photos in the same way. LR always renders on the fly while CS always bruises the pixels.

LR is for people who aren't technical enough to figure out photoshop or organized enough to manage their own work flow.

I'm still shocked when I encounter studios that exclusively use LR. There are still things you can't do in it (layers and actions for starters) that are absolute musts in a professional workflow. I'll readily admit that more and more happens in ACR for me, as they add features, but not everything. Nor do I expect that will ever be the case.

BTW, PS doesn't "bruise" your pixels if you use ACR images as smart objects. They can be edited and re-edited non-destructively and embedded in PSD files. Makes for big files, but also lets you do, again, things you just can't do in LR.

Lightroom was designed by and for photographers, some of whom prefer to spend their time shooting and editing instead of being "technical". I agree that you can spend hours or days doing fantastically complicated image manipulation in Photoshop. What joy.