[Leica] Lightroom 3

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> If not, I'll sell you my LR2 Leica freebie for $99...
> :-)
>  Bob Adler
> Palo Alto, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
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> ________________________________
> From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tue, June 15, 2010 9:45:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Lightroom 3
> 
>> What?!  Lightroom 3?!  Sorry, I have been so busy working on a show of
>> cyanotypes, reprogramming my Durst, and posting banal baby pictures to
>> Facebook that I didn't notice the rollover to version 3.  That, and I
>> actually
>> made some progress on restoring a 1959 Seamaster my wife gave me for
>> Christmas.  Oh, did I mention I also found a 50mm lens for my Fuji 6x9?
>> 
>> A hundred bucks?  Doesn't even register compared to the cost of Arches
>> Acquarelle, 8-ply matboard, Similac ready-to-use ('cause I don't have the
>> built-in feeding system), or having Omega refinish a dial.  Sheez; I just
>> spent $7.50 on 750g of very-ordinary-looking non-organic cherries 
>> yesterday
>> (maybe they make inkjet ink from these?!).
>> 
>> We have a rule around here that if it's smaller than a cellular bill, it's
>> not
>> worth worrying about.  Maybe it's been a good week, but getting bent out 
>> of
>> shape about a $100 upgrade to a program you got for free (and for which M8
>> get
>> to pay $300) seems like a waste of time.  If you're a pro, it pays for 
>> itself
>> (or is a writeoff).  If you're an amateur, it's about 1.4 percent of the 
>> cost
>> of an M9.  And in no case is it a "must."
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
>> Dante
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> 
> And Adobe upgrade is well worth it.
> To me they are automatic. I'm not thinking about which adobe programs I'm
> going to upgrade and which not. These people do not sit and their hands and
> rest on their laurels during the rest of the year. They are applying all
> kinds of man power into their programs. Certainly Photoshop. InDesign.
> Illustrator. And now I have flash and fireworks as part of the suite I'm
> involved in.
> 
> Adobe InDesign CS4
> Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended
> Adobe Illustrator CS4
> Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
> Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
> Adobe Fireworks CS4
> Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
> Adobe Bridge CS4, which offers direct access to Adobe Version Cue CS4 and
> Adobe Device Central CS4
> 
> My house is made of Adobe.
> 
> I have to upgrade my Lightroom 1 to 3. Not sure if I can get the upgrade 
> not
> having gotten 2.
> 
> 
> [Rabs]
> Mark William Rabiner
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Thanks and I meant to say ANY  upgrade is well worth it.

[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner