14 DAY TRIAL // On Christmas Day 2016, the developers of the popular, open-source and multiplatform darktable RAW image editor proudly unveiled the major 2.2 release, which just got its first point release the other day.
Yes, you're reading it right, darktable 2.2.1 is already here, one week after the release of the 2.2 series, which brought countless improvements, but it's a small maintenance update adding a couple of new features, such as the ability to display a dialog window that informs the user when locking of the library and database fails.
Starting with this first point release of darktable 2.2, the application will now ask you before deleting the history stack from the Lightable component. Other than that, it looks like darktable 2.2.1 makes the features in the Preferences dialog that are greyed out, albeit not yet implemented, more obvious to the user.
Canon EOS M5 mirrorless cameras now supported
By far the coolest new feature of the darktable 2.2.1 release is the implementation of base support for Canon's recently unveiled EOS M5 mirrorless camera that boasts a 24.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor, DIGIC 7 image processor, 2.36m-dot EVF, touch & drag AF control, as well as a 3.2-inch tilting touchscreen LCD.
Being a bugfix release and all that, darktable 2.2.1 couldn't ship without some bug fixes. Notable changes include support for the tonecurve and levels modules to use 256 bins, support for properly deleting module instances in the Darkroom component, and better visualization in the Rawoverexposed module when using a custom camera white balance preset.
It also looks like darktable will now always clean up the undo list before entering the Darkroom view. The complete changelog is attached below, as usual, for those curious to know what exactly was changed or implemented. In the meantime, you can download darktable 2.2.1 for GNU/Linux and Windows operating systems.