Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herbert, you can hardly blame Epson for using the most common paper size in the world rather than accommodating people who have not thrown away old boxes from an old technology. A similar comment for your LR gripe. Heaven knows I am no fan of Adobe's business practices, but surely you cannot expect them to develop for an OS that became obsolete 4 years ago. Nathan On 19 Jun, 2010, at 7:22 , Herbert Kanner wrote: > I must vent about this. > > First, trivial bitch: 8 x 10 is a standard paper size, as you all know. So > why is Epson's photo paper 8 1/2 x 11, preventing me from storing prints > in empty 8 x 10 boxes, of which I have many? > > Second, non trivial: When I considered going digital, and before investing > in gold-plated equipment, I bought a CoolPix and a copy of Lightroom 2. A > month of playing around with it, and I took the plunge and bought an M9 to > replace my M6 TTL. Now Adobe has released Lightroom 3. I looked at its > specs and decided it might just be worth the update price; also discovered > that there was a 30-day free trial. So, I downloaded it, only to discover > that the operating system on my Mac was one version too old. I have 10.4, > it requires 10.5, and today's version is 10.6. > > Well, Adobe. Can you tell me what new application interface showed up in > 10.5 that was so useful to you that you were willing to make a slightly > older OS version obsolete? > > > -- > Herbert Kanner > Palo Alto, CA > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog