ACR 5.4 question

I noticed that LR2.4 is only showing ACR 4.4 - how do I install the newer version?  What might be occurring is that I'm still on the 30 day trial of LR since my actual copy has yet to be delivered (hopefully today or tomorrow).  Anyways I noticed that I have version 5.6 of camera raw in my CS4 (which is also a trial) and 4.6 in my licensed CS3 version of PS.  Perhaps I'm getting my terms mixed up or I'm not understanding something. In any event please advise.  I started comparing CS4 and CS3 to determine if upgrading is warranted. Since there's CS3 and CS4 (and presumably LR) is using two different RAW engines I'm leaning towards upgrading.

Michael, just as a matter of interest what you see in the "Camera Calibration" panel are all the profiles that are available for your camera. The one 2.4 is the first created and denotes the camera raw version which was available when support for your model was first introduced.
There was an update in ACR version 4.4 then further updates later on around 4.6 or 5.x I believe when the latest Adobe Standard was introduced and some Camera Specific profiles to match those in your camera firmware. You can choose any of the profiles available.

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