SteveG Loc: Norh Carolina

SO you Are still using lightroom 6? I don't plan on changing cameras either.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I am using LR6. As mentioned in my experience from this weekend, if you didn't already own the software when it was discontinued in December 2017, there's no way to properly license it today and complete the installation. You'll be wasting your money and time to try with a new purchase.

Your circa 2015 camera would be a good match to LR6. Alas, you need a time machine to go back and purchase the Lightroom software. A day will come when I need to start subscribing. Every so often, I encounter something where PS is needed beyond LR6 editing. Sometimes, I save the image for some future date. Mostly, I delete and move onto an image properly captured for minimal editing.

SteveG Loc: Norh Carolina

Thank you for clearing that up! I guess I know where to go! Off to Adobe and subscribe to their monthly payments! Quick other question. I originally tried to send you a PM but I received a message that you had me blocked for some reason. Had I said something in the past that wasn't acceptable?

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Who knows ... Updated and removed.

Bill_de Loc: US

I do believe that the way Adobe handles processing so many versions of RAW files, is that they internally convert them to DNG. Adobe tried to get all camera manufacturers to use DNG to avoid having to convert anything.

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CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

It may be the age of my LR or the age of my computer, but when people pass me DNG versions from newer cameras, the editing is not the same as editing my CR2 files in LR6. But, I might not have enough variety of cameras and DNGs to support my anecdotal observation.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

I have lightroom and photoshop monthly for $9.97. I would highly recommend it.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Not wanting to be held ransom by the subscription method, I still use LR 6 because of the catalog and, I suppose, because I am familiar with it. I find Luminar and, to some extent, ON1 as very useful plug-ins to finish off my color photos and Nik for the B&Ws. They do things for me that LR won’t. I am very happy with this set-up.

As a side note, I am also falling in love with Topaz Sharpen AI.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Based on CHG_CANON’s experience, if you have LR6 it will work for you. If you don’t, it’s not an option.

edmixon Loc: Orange County CA

I’ve used subscription service for more than 5 years. Tech support if you need it, and the updates are great. I also pay it monthly. Very affordable,, as a second item, access to so many other Adobe products too!!

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

Subscription Pros: the updates! the enhancements! photoshop!

KLambar Loc: New Jersey

Last update to LR 6 is 6.14 which goes back to 2017.

reverand

I too stayed with Lightroom 6 for a long time, since I didn't like the idea of a monthly subscription. The fee for that subscription depends on how much cloud storage you use, and it's safe to say Adobe would like you to keep storing your images on the cloud forever, and keep on paying more and more. If, however, you keep your images on an external drive (with another drive as a backup), you can avoid the cloud altogether, and the minimum rental fee is about $10 a month.

It finally dawned on me that most programs keep upgrading, and you have to pay for the upgrade. If you stay with the minimum fee, you never have to upgrade. In fact, the program keeps upgrading automatically, and you get Photoshop along with Lightroom. In the end, you probably come out ahead, or at least break even, since upgrades usually cost at least $120.

The latest version of Lightroom includes a new split toning feature, which allows you to make warm, neutral, and cold tone B&W prints. I also think it has more presets, for both color & b&w. The package also gets you Photoshop (and you can get a book by Scott Kelby on Photoshop for Lightroom Users!). Although I still do most of my work in Lightroom, which has a few adjustment brushes, Photoshop has about 80 adjustment brushes, so retouching, removing unwanted elements, cutting and pasting, and so on, is much easier, and much more effective. Now, I still work in Lightroom, and then finish things off in Photoshop, returning to Lightroom to print.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

It does.

smussler Loc: Land O Lakes, FL - Formerly Miller Place, NY

I bought one off eBay myself. Didn't support the RAW format of my Nikon D5600. Seller said it was upgradable in his listing. Not true. Got my money back after filing complaint. Mailed the software back to the seller. Returned to me as the jackass said no returns and he had an incomplete address on file. Used an ebay generated return label, so it cost me nothing but some slight aggravation. I emailed him again to get a proper address. Never heard a thing. He had 10 copies available. They were marked not for resale or some such thing, and the last I checked he had about 5 or 6 negative feedbacks, all related to that listing. Seller ID was POWE_8677, and he's inactive now - wonder why?