Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Peter and John. Based on what's been said, I'd better avoid the shock of the new and meekly embrace Adobe's hand in my wallet. I do use my Sony too which is a consideration, so any steep learning curves are not welcome to my now somewhat befuddled brain. For instance, the new Fuji is no longer as intuitive to operate as its elder sibling and seems to have infinitely wider range of options. I feel like crawling into a corner and sucking my thumb... Douglas On 27/07/2024 09:55, Peter Klein via LUG wrote: > Douglas: What John says is correct, but there's a loophole.? You can > still get a perpetual license for Capture One. It costs more than you > will like. However, if you buy a perpetual license, you can use that > version for as long as you want, providing your hardware and OS will > support it. > > Are you are the type who likes to get regular fixes and enhancements? > Are you lured by the prospect of ever-smarter so-called AI tools for > removing Comrade Outov Favoroff from photos of last year's May Day > parade? Then going the Adobe subscription route makes more sense. But > it you like Capture One and are OK with the version you have, a > perpetual license can also make sense. Just upgrade every 3-5 years > rather than every time they dangle a shiny new thing, which may not > always be so shiny once you dig into it. > > That's what I'm doing. I've used Capture One since it came free with > my M8. I stayed with it because it did what I needed, and it kept me > out of Adobe's "pay forever" model. Then recently, Capture One went to > that same model. Many users? regarded this as a blatant betrayal (as > did I) but hey, that's business. I fooled with both Darktable and Raw > Therapee (open source alternatives), and decided it made more sense to > stick with my old, perpetually licensed Capture One version 20. I > think it's about five years old now.? I've invested a lot of time and > knowledge in Capture One that I'd rather not throw away, even if their > business practices offend me. > > If the next version has a real improvement over v. 20, I'll probably > upgrade and use that for the next few years. I'd rather do that than > have to learn a less convenient and capable open source program. Or be > assimilated by the Borg, I mean Adobe, and still have to relearn > everything anyway. > > OTOH, if you're already familiar with Adobe's tools and way of doing > things, and are comfortable with them, then maybe just subscribing to > Adobe makes sense. I did a sobering exercise recently, involving how > much each software package would cost over my likely remaining > lifetime. For those of us "of a certain age," the differences are not > so great no matter what we do. So it makes sense to think about the > value of your experience, skill and affinity with a particular product. > > One Fuji-specific wrinkle is that Capture One has always handled Fuji > files better than Adobe. Do some Googling to see how much that might > matter to you. > > Hope this helps! > --Peter > > >> Capture One has gone to the same pricing model (albeit more >> expensive) as >> Adobe AFAIK. >> >> john >> >> ?On 25/07/2024, 01:15, "LUG on behalf of Douglas Barry" >> <lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org on behalf of imra at >> iol.ie> wrote: >> >> ???? ???? Incidentally, it comes with a free trial >> ???? of Capture One which I know little about. I use Lightroom 6 and >> PSE 15 >> ???? which won?t work with the new Fuji raw files. Of course, I could go >> ???? Adobe monthly, but I?d be interested in hearing what people have >> to say >> ???? about the Capture One directional option. Has any one switched >> to it? >> >> >> ???? Opinions gratefully received. >> >> ???? Douglas >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information