CS5 Chromatic aberration sliders missing

CS5 camera raw, under lens correction tab, profile, no chromatic aberration slider. Under the manual tab, same thing. Do I need to download an update?
Thanks,
Vince

Nope. The controls have been removed on purpose in Camera Raw 6.7 and they're not coming back.
Adobe thinks their automatic CA removal is better, even though examples have been shown where it's not.
See also: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4397207
You are forgiven for thinking that every new version should be made more capable than its predecessor and make better quality images. Apparently Adobe feels other factors (ease of use?) trump this.
If you don't need new camera support it's possible you can revert your Camera Raw plug-in to version 6.6, which still has the controls. It gets a bit geeky, but I can advise you further how to do that if you'd like.
-Noel
P.S., It's easy to show that the newer method doesn't always work as well. Note this Canon 10-22 image including the moon near the upper-left corner as opened with Camera Raw 6.6 vs. 6.7.
-Noel

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