PSP is the acronym for Corel Paint Shop Pro, which is not a subscription product.

I think you must mean PS or Adobe Photo Shop, since both LR and PS come together in the $10 a month subscription.

Change would be to save money. Why pay for something you don't use that often?

OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD!

Right on!! Hey, Hold on -- let me go take my meds and I'll be right back.

Ok. I'm back -- and on my soap box again now -- Folks -- if you don't like what Adobe is doing -- get educated and search out the alternatives...
Macphun Luminar
Corel Aftershot Pro 3
ACDSee Studio 2018
Capture One
Serif Affinity Photo
etc...

What Adobe is doing is seriously weak -- It would be ok if they gave you both purchase options -- but they don't.

Shame on you Adobe.

Ok-- Done yelling at the cloud for now.

Yes -- the pixel shift feature is limited to a few uses -- like product and architectural photography -- and useful for some macro photography -- anything that doesn't move. But yes -- not that useful for landscape photography -- because of wind, moving water, clouds, etc...

Although you already have the 42 mega pixel sensor (with incredible dynamic range) -- and an incredible assortment of native lenses for landscape photography. So overall, an incredible landscape camera

Yes -- agreed the pixel shift feature is limited to a few uses -- like product and architectural photography -- and useful for some macro photography -- anything that doesn't move. But yes -- not that useful for landscape photography for the reasons you stated.

Although you already have the 42 mega pixel sensor -- and an incredible assortment of native lenses for landscape photography. So an incredible landscape camera.

This has nothing to do with technology. It's purely about the business model. Adobe is pretty much going the route -- where they choose to offer their software only via the subscription business model (now the only product they offer standalone is Photoshop Elements).

I really have no issue with anyone going the Adobe route. I just feel it's my duty to educate people on the pros and cons of the subscription business model. Adobe is not a bad route to go if you heavily use the software (i.e. you use it enough to justify the $10 a month fee). Where it isn't -- is someone who maybe uses the software once or twice a month -- why pay $10 a month when you only use the software once or twice a month? I see so many people that are in this enthusiast -- barely use the software mode -- and most of the time I help them either to move to Photoshop Elements or go to a competitive alternative. Many, many people have thanked me for helping them.

Where the Sony a9 was aimed squarely to stand shoulder to shoulder with Canon and Nikon's sport flagships -- the Sony a7rIII is meant to go head to head with Canon and Nikon's professional wedding/event/portrait cameras the Canon 5DMIV and the Nikon D850. To this end -- Sony has done an incredible job. They listened to their customer -- this camera is really going to do well in the largest professional market segment: wedding/event/portrait. And note, there is no lack of native glass for the Sony a7rIII for the wedding/event segment. These days pretty much the native glass argument is only for sports photography, i.e. lack of native super telephotos on Sony's part -- and they are working on bridging that gap -- Sony GM 400mm f2.8 has now been announced for Summer 2018.

Two cards slots -- incredible battery life, blazing fast auto focus, 10 fps (silent shooting), the same EVF that the a9 has, wicked eye auto focus... What's not to like.

Hmm.. I remember two years ago (actually even 1 year ago) when some DSLR photographers said mirrorless would never match DSLRs (especially with re: to autofocus speed). Boy did those statements prove false.

The Sony a99II is a fantastic camera. If you have some decent A-mount lenses you are definitely good where you are.

Weather Proofing is just a "feature" that has a certain manufacturing cost associated with it.

You will see some inexpensive cameras with weather proofing (where weather proofing is one of their features) -- but believe me you're paying for it.

Let's for example say it costs $25 in manufacturing cost to WP a camera (this is just an example -- I don't know what this incremental cost is). To make a profit the manufacturer will have to increase the price 2-3x to make up for that cost and insure that feature is not unprofitable -- which means that they would have to increase the cost of every camera with WP by lets say $50 to $75.

Now is everyone willing to pay that extra WP cost? The answer some would and some won't (it depends on how much you value WP as a feature) -- with this increase being more palatable the more expensive the cameras is.

Yes -- this is newsworthy enough that it probably should have been posted to the primary UHH thread.

I follow Sony alpha Rumors site every day -- so I knew the announcement was going to happen at 10am Eastern today (Sony's press release announcement) and sure enough saw the announcement at 10am-ish Eastern today.

Tons of news because they invited tons of press, YouTubers, professional photographers, etc... to the event, and the press had already gotten an early look. So the flood gates opened at 10am this morning.

Really looked forward to this -- the Sony a9 is amazing -- but just too pricey -- this camera only has a few less things that the a9 has with a much more palatable price. Sony has really listened to their customers. This is a fantastic offering!

Someone already posted this announcement.

Release date is November 2017, price is around $3,200 (body only).

Plenty of data already on the Internet now -- prewritten and reviews/data released as soon as Sony held the press conference this morning. Some good YouTube videos already available as well.

https://www.slrlounge.com/sony-a7riii-the-much-anticipated-successor-brings-some-a9-power-with-high-resolution-more/

Yes -- it's meant to squarely compete against the professional go-to wedding/event photographer cameras like the Canon 5D mark IV and the Nikon D810 and Nikon D850 -- which are in the same price range for the body only.

It has the 2 card slots and great battery life (uses the a9 battery) so perfect for the largest professional market segment -- which is the wedding/event photography market.

Sony has answered every concern that Wedding/Event photographers had -- which were mainly 2 card slots and battery life. No more concerns for this segment -- and it is a fantastic camera.

Sweet!!

Tons of stuff out now. They had the press conference at 10am Eastern today -- and tons of stuff were written before hand, and finally allowed to be released once the press conference announced the a7rIII.

Several YouTube videos out now as well. Just do a search for the Sony a7rIII.

You also get the two card slots, improved evf, much faster autofocus, and 2X battery life.

But I hear you -- I've seen the A7rII for as low as $2,400 -- so that is an incredible deal as well!

Sony has hit this out of he park!