[LRflex] Re: Reading the LR2 manual.....
- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:21:52 -0500
Frank, Lightroom supports Jpegs too, You just don't get a much lattude with
them. I have saved some blown highlights with it a coupe times, most
notably in the corn shot a few weeks ago.
http://www.sonc.com/corn.htm
and here:
http://www.sonc.com/muck_and_sky.htm
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I hate to admit it, but I really am a bit nerdy....... On my vacation, and
> after, I have been reading the manual on LR2 ( Light Room version 2). So
> much has been written about it, so many good comments made.
>
> I have an older version of PhotoShop Elements. It is time to upgrade....
> to
> something. Elements 6 ? Photoshop? LR2?
>
> I started with LR2... based upon recent comments made as to its search and
> retrieval abilities...... but before I buy some SW, I like to know that
> the
> thing will do what I want it to do.... so the manual was purchased....and I
> tried out a 30 day demo. ( the demo died before I got to read the manual,
> so I never got to try out the SW after I figured out what it could do....)
>
> I was pretty much amazed at what this puppy will do..... the section on
> retrieval is pretty interesting. If you were a stock photographer, it
> would
> be great. For an amateur, it is nice, but no reason to buy the program as
> an all in 1 photo SW. But then I got to the Develop section, and my life
> started to take off..... a bunch of stuff I have heard about seemed to be
> addressed, in language I could understand....
>
> But it is all predicated upon using RAW digital camera files as the
> starting
> point...... ( yes, I guess it would accept scanner files,. But that seems
> to
> be not its strong suit..... Unfortunately this is what I had planned to
> do.. run film, scan then over to LR2.)
>
> So I have been thinking,,,, is it time to go digital... in camera digital?
> Nikon ( to use already owned lenses?) Canon (for their ability to use
> Leica R glass up front?) Olympus ( ditto the R lens use...)? All are in
> the $2K to 5K price range.....
>
> And then the R10 stuff started to be announced....
>
> More thinking to do,,, but right now, the R10 is my first choice..........
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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Regards,
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA
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