I fully expected Lightroom to be about $300. With the sophistication I see in this application and it's fit to my needs, that is inexpensive.
The moaning and lamenting about Photoshop pricing reminds me of Leica owners with $30,000 worth of Leica M bodies and lenses in their bag going to CostCo to save three dollars on film processing and accepting the mediocre results. And then complaining about the results and blaming CostCo. It makes no sense to me. Image processing tools are, if anything, MORE important than fancy lenses if you're serious about making fine photographs. I bought Photoshop because, after trying every other tool available, it did the best job for me even if it didn't do everything I needed. I bought it before I started expecting to make a living from my photography, they just did the job right for me. I am buying Lightroom for the same reason. The two together address all my needs, and cost me less than the DA14. I like the DA14 very much, but if push came to shove I'd take Photoshop + Lightroom instead. Using them will likely generate the money to buy a DA14 faster than using a DA14 and less productive tools. Well, that's my perspective ... Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
