blackest wrote:
upgrade to lightroom $72 minimum rental period for lightroom cc 1 year @ a minimum of $120 a year Outside of the USA the price is significantly higher. How is that cheaper? if I use lightroom for 2 years its $72 cc for you is $240 minimum 3 years still $72 and yours is costing $360.
Yes you get photoshop as well for your $360 me I bought Affinity Photo for $40 so $112... It is in no way cheaper to rent. Even taking advancing age into account there are members on this site actively taking photo's at 96 if your 66 now you might be renting for the next 30 years, if you're lucky.
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If you want to make comparisons, at least compare "apples to apples" (PS to Affinity Photo is not a valid comparison).
I get both PS and LR for $240 for 2 years. And that includes all upgrades. Before the rental, upgrades became available about every 18 months, and the cheapest I ever saw them was $180 each, and that was because I got an educational discount. $240 vs. $360 (2 years vs. 18 months). Also, with the rental, all new features are immediately available, rather than waiting 18 months.
I agree with Gene51. Renting both of them is a good bit cheaper than it used to be to buy upgrades for both, and you get any new features automatically. Also, as new cameras are introduced, the older PS and LR may not be able to use the raw files, so they have to be converted to a format that can be used. I prefer not to convert the raw files. Not sure what is being lost.
I prefer the color. The B&W needs more work. Dr. Nixon has done a good job with it. Your version needed more dynamic range and contrast. Thanks for sharing.
I use my laptop and download my CF cards to 3 external hard drives. This way I can have one in the car, one on my person, and one in my motel room. I have found from (bad) experience that it is good to have 3 backups.
I have quit using my older filters since getting the ones from BreakThrough.
Do exposure compensation in the camera. If you wait to post processing, you will be working with a file that is not properly exposed. That would cause problems with detail in the highlights, shadows, or both. See ricardo's response if you want to be sure to get a good file to work with.
I have always bought EF lenses even before I had full frame cameras. They work fine on crop frame cameras and if you ever add a full frame (as I did) all your lenses are compatible with your new camera.
I had the sidekick and replaced it with the gimbal head. I prefer to have the lens supported from below rather than from the side.
My son has an SX60 and gets really good images.
I have both full frame and cropped sensor. I put the 600mm on the crop sensor to get the magnification I frequently need for wildlife. The shorter lenses are used primarily on the full frame. I frequently print 16 x 24 and even 20 x 30 on occasion. If I could only have one camera, it would be the full-frame.
I recommend a longer focal length, 150--180 mm. Especially if you plan to photograph insects. With shorter lenses I have found that getting close enough for a large image causes them to fly off. The longer focal lengths also make it easier to control backgrounds.
I have the CC rental. It is cheaper than upgrading used to be and you get all the new features immediately. If you want the new features, they aren't available for upgrading the pre--CC versions. When it first came out, it was overpriced, but I think the current price is fair for what I am getting.
I just got the Think Tank Airport Security. It is the largest allowed on domestic flights. I am leaving with it on Saturday, so I don't know yet how it will work out. Seems to be very well made.
The only thing you need to do is format the card in whichever camera you install it in.
I also have the Zone VI tripod. That week in Vermont was the greatest.