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Subject: [Leica] Adobe Lightroom's Newest Update
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:33:32 +0200
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I am surprised as well. I did not even know there was such a thing as auto 
eject, since I never import the raw files off a card. I always copy from the 
card to a hard drive, and import from there.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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> On 13 Oct 2015, at 12:34, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> 
> Ah, agree about the import but I use neither of those other things. I am 
> surprised there is so much fuss about auto-eject, these days of fast cards 
> and USB3 it does not take that long to import?
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> It's Import that is driving me crazy.  The inability to import duplicates 
> is ruining my filing system.  I need to be able to find duplicates on 
> various hard drives.  You can't with the new version of LR because it will 
> not recognize duplicates.  They have also gotten rid of the the automatic 
> ejection of cards.  You have to eject each card manually.  Read on the 
> apology page about what everyone is complaining about.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 6:12 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Other than the import dialogue, what drastic changes?
>> 
>> john
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 
>> I have the CC version.  If you don't notice drastic changes, you 
>> haven't installed the latest upgrade.  That's a good thing!
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj 
>> <jayanand at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Lightroom CC seems unchanged to me - I imported some photographs 
>>> only yesterday. Maybe they want to keep this as the Pro version, and 
>>> downgrade the standalone one to a sort of Lightroom Elements, in 
>>> order to force users to migrate to the subscription model. I have 
>>> always trusted Adobe less than Nikon or Fuji, with the sort of 
>>> monopoly power they have in image processing, which is why I never 
>>> embraced the DNG
>> "standard".
>>> Unfortunately, I find Photoshop indispensable, so I figured that I 
>>> might as well use Lightroom as well, instead of using another RAW 
>>> processor - one has to be practical, but, at the same time, be aware 
>>> of the downsides that come with monopolies.
>>> Cheers
>>> Jayanand
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>> 
>>>> On 13-Oct-2015, at 07:28, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> a major feature deletion (or addition) with a .x update sounds 
>>>> bogus to
>>> me
>>>> 
>>>> it doesn?t seem to fit adobe history as i remember it
>>>> 
>>>> did they have  REALLY major screw up?
>>>> 
>>>> are they downgrading the standalone veersion to force rental of
>> software?
>>>> 
>>>> i have a lot of trouble trusting these guys
>>>> 
>>>> ric
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 12, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Have you tried Import?  It is totally changed and dumbed-down for 
>>>>> those
>>> who
>>>>> don't care to learn how to use the software.  Many features, all 
>>>>> of
>>> which I
>>>>> use on a daily basis, have been removed because they were deemed 
>>>>> "too confusing" for new users.  I would hope LR was designed for 
>>>>> professional users and not point-and-shoot enthusiasts who want 
>>>>> the easiest possible
>>> way
>>>>> to upload their photos.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My whole system is based on the old LR.  If they don't fix it 
>>>>> soon, I
>>> will
>>>>> be abandoning Adobe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tina
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 12:45 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <
>>> jayanand at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I see no problem in Lightroom CC - is this only an issue in the 
>>>>>> stand alone release?
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Jayanand
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 12-Oct-2015, at 09:01, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> thx
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 11:29 PM, chris williams <zoeica at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Just don't up date to 6.2 Ric!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Chris Williams
>>>>>>>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>>>>>>>> 504-231-6261
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:36 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> i?ve been putting off version 6
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> have missed the problems
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> i should hold off?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ric
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 11, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> To all photographers who are dealing with Adobe Lightroom's 
>>>>>>>>>> newest "update", please go here and let Adobe know what you 
>>>>>>>>>> think about
>>> it:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>> http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2015/10/lightroom-6-2-releas
>>> e-
>>> update-and-apology.html
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Tina
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Tina Manley
>>>>>>>>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>>>>>>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>>>>>>>>>> 
> 
> 
> 
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