Adobe releases Camera Raw 8.2 and Lightroom 5.2

Got it. Remove the space and ??? at the end of that link, and it works.

does it INSTALL 8.2 ?

Mine installed ok, but I cannot get the Nvidia card to work with Lightroom 5.2, it works with Photoshop CC and Bridge CC, but it will only use Intel and not the Nvidia card on my Nvidia Optimus based laptop. I just give up with Nvidia and Adobe seriously.

Sorry but with likes of his post compared to yours i had to giggle. Your post reminded me of the monty python scene "Yes we're all individuals!.... I'm not"

apart from the fact that those 14 "likes" represent a whopping 0,000002% of Dpreview's monthly unique visitors (7 milion according to wikipedia), it was already 13 when I posted my comment.
And since "We" looks like somebody is speaking on behalf of all the members of dpreview, I had to correct that statement.
Since there are at least 2 of us (Keith Reeder and me) that do not hate Adobe ;)

Hate? Who said hate? I don't like what they've become but I don't hate them. They're venturing out in a way demanded by their shareholders, but that doesn't mean they aren't being greedy and embracing a pricing structure that allows them to profit while removing motivation to innovate. If it works, it works. I hope it doesn't.
I don't like onions. I hate spiders. I thought that might put my words in context.

..and you do realize Adobe targets a totally different market with Lightroom - amateur and pro photographers - not graphical designers as is the case with Photoshop.
There's no cloud subscription necessary for us.

Yet. No cloud subscription necessary yet. I know it isn't necessarily the most pertinent piece of information, but the name "Photoshop" does imply certain things about its function. Also, before Lightroom the tool of choice for photographers was Photoshop. I've used Lightroom and I'm just not a huge fan. It is cheaper, but not as powerful. I would use it gladly if I had chosen to rather than feeling forced to because Adobe had taken a product they felt was so unique it could forego even the illusion of attempting to compete and improve. They feel they have addicts and can now jack up the price and/or set their own terms. Well, they can do both of those things and more power to them. And I can tell them where to stick it. Ah, the wonders of capitalism.

Photoshop has been used by photographers historically only because there were no other suitable "darkroom" alternatives.
Seriously - a BITMAP EDITOR for adjusting photos ???
That's like slicing a tomato for breakfast using a surgical laser scalpel.
Photographers who use Photoshop for general processing of their pictures are utilizing 5-10% of Photoshop's features.
Habit had become second nature.

Then Adobe should thank their lucky stars a large group of people were not demading nearly as much from their updates and subsidized development for those using something closer to 100% of its abilities. As it stands, after years of working with Photoshop people have invested in learning the systems, plugins, actions, etc. that they now can only use if they keep their current version that will no longer be upgraded, and ACR is an important upgrade for many. Oh well, I hope they sink along with the artists that think Photoshop is for graphical designers rather than photographers.

That group of yours is really not that large.
And you're lying to yourself when you say you can not use CS6 once you buy a new camera.
You can get the free DNG convertor and use your old copy of Photoshop just like before.
But it's easier to blame Adobe for everything, I guess.

Who said I own CS6? It's easier to assume I have no idea what I'm talking about I guess. I was probably going to upgrade to CS7, but CS6 didn't having anything that I wanted or needed. Now to keep ACR updated I have to buy CS6 and I'm afraid Adobe has already alienated me too much to care and I certainly don't trust them to continue their support for ACR on CS6...their word is meaningless. And I'd love to add a useless step like converting to DNG before editing but I'd rather find a company that wants my business. Enjoy Adobe products all you want. I'm not trying to convince you not to value their CC strategy. Why must I value it? I'm not invalidating your decision and telling you to pirate a copy of CC, so kindly stop advising me on blatantly obvious solutions to a problem that you don't agree even exists. I've used Lightroom and don't care for it. I'm familiar with Photoshop and was willing to pay for it. Adobe responded with their new scheme because of backlash. I'm not alone.

You are right - I see no problem with Adobe dropping support for old versions of their products. You buy version X, and it has the same features throughout it's whole life. If you want additional feature (like support for new cameras), you'll have to pay for them, and that's perfectly normal.
And Photoshop is so much more than just ACR... The only people who have issues with unsupported cameras in ACR are those, who never needed Photoshop in the first place.

6, CS, CS3, CS5. I did pay. I paid extra because I wanted the power and interface of Photoshop, which I used. Adobe has gone from a loyal customer to losing my business. That's perfectly fine with me and them. Your perspective is the only useful one, so I'll stop having an opinion that differs from yours now. Thousands of previous posts in other articles might tell you something about the numbers of people who have a problem with the new scheme for various reasons though.

If the possibility to open new RAW files is more important to you than all of the other Photoshop features, what does that tell you ?

I don't know if this is the reason for ACR, but with other applications the download is twice the size if it contains both 32-bit and 64-bit code. If 32-bit has been dropped in this version it may contain just 64-bit code and be half the size.

Again, that's just my conjecture.

yes, and they have put the UK price up even before its gone on sale. The press release said £7.14 + VAT (which would be £8.58) but they now advertise the price as £9.75. That is no way to win over customers

Yes. You can find info on the program here:

http://www.adobe.com/go/photographyoffer?sdid=KIHZP