Godfrey, to clarify my point (of the initial message of this thread). I consider LR pricing to be fair. I consider the way Adobe markets its products outside US of A to be very user-repulsing.
On 2/7/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
