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As I said earlier, I’ve never felt the need for the really powerful programs like photoshop and I’m sure I wouldn’t use 50% of the features. I just need it for basics: cropping, sharpening, adjusting levels, cloning. Corel Paintshop Pro is perfect for me. I’m still using V5 and have never felt the need to upgrade either.
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If you prefer the Adobe route perhaps have a look at Photoshop Elements which is a much more beginner-friendly trimmed-down version of Photoshop that also includes an image cataloguing system, albeit not as comprehensive as the Lightroom one. It costs about £62. Whatever editing software you choose there will inevitably be a learning period via tuitional videos, books or local evening/weekend AE college courses.
As regards Lightroom 6, it is ageing a little now but whether that matters depends on your equipment. Lack of Adobe support really means zilch. They do, by the way, still sell LR6 on their web site but make it hard to find. You may find that older versions of Lightroom do not support your camera or lenses, which you can check online. Adobe is counting on customers frequently updating their equipment so that there is some pressure to update their Lightroom - which is only now available on subscription. It is the same tactic I experienced with AutoDesk in the ‘90s.
To be fair, having Lightroom on subscription currently costs about £120pa which is about the same as buying LR6 outright. The difference is that you have to pay the subscription every year whereas you might have changed LR stand-alone version only once every two or three years - and then only paid upgrade cost, not full price.
Lightroom Classic CC is the current desktop-based upgrade from LR6. It is reported to be quicker and to have several useful new features, as you might expect. Lightroom CC is a different kettle of fish, being totally ‘Cloud’ based and far more convenient for use on mobile devices instead of being tied to one desktop machine. However, according to Adobe it lacks some of the traditional features of Lightroom that are still present in the Classic version.
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Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Lab mode+Layers+curves can really make photos pop no matter what format.
If you ever want to create very large prints or work with other professionals the raw to Tiff rather than jpg is required.
I rarely print from Tiff - they contain too much data and the printers I use don't offer Tiff profiles
I print from jpeg but always use proofing to re-edit to get the wide gamut somewhat closely represented for print.
Edit: proofing in Lightroom is weird - I prefer using photoshop.
For a laugh, look at unproofed images converted from raw to jpeg in windows "photos" - it's completely colour un-managed and everything looks shite! Upload or view the same picture in, for example, chrome or Adobe Bridge, and it's fine.
To get a decent depth of field, so that the pub and the background are both in focus (if that’s what you want of course), you’ll probably need to push the ISO up to a higher setting.
TLDR: Just play around with the camera settings and point of focus, you’ll find something that works.
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst” - HCB.
I'd be going for one of the lower end models first (probably either a G80 or an A6500). Panasonic seems a bit cheaper and the GH5 looks like a great camera to work up to, but then again the Sony A series do seem awesome too and possibly better long term? I've never used Panasonic stuff. My old workplace had an FS7 which I loved using though the menus were a bit fiddly the footage was so good.
However….video performances with adaptor is not as good as native, and I believe metabones adaptors are better for Canon glass and MC-11 is better with Sigma lenses adapted.
Edit - the original old A7 looks to be a bargain right now! Think that might be the way to go for me. Don't really need something that shoots 4k yet so I can save a bit of money there, and the footage looks great from it
I have shot with the Panasonic g80 and it's absolutely amazing, stomps all over my nikon D7200. Stills are not as nice but on balance I'd say it's a better camera...
Oh, poor battery life - something the newer Sony cameras have remedied.
I'm waiting for the Nikon mirror less.. It's finally happening @RaymondLin I may not jump to Sony after all (although we'll see how good the Nikon actually is...)