Tord S Eriksson

I'd love a 60 macro, even if the 70-300 works well as a macro (with a Canon 500D 58mm up front, that is - need two step-down rings to fit).

Your summing up of nice F Mount lenses is practically complete, but I use the AF-S VR 70-300 a lot, too:

I grew up with PhotoDesk (RISCOS), switched to Photoshop (on Mac & PC), professionally, and then GIMP (on PC and Linux) eventually came back to Macs, and went from iPhoto, to Aperture, to...

Mine has been off for professional cleaning once, but since then been OK, with occasional cleanings by me!

Reverse engineering is a known art, but re-writing a piece of software is not that easy, especially as you're not allowed to copy a single line of code, and it has to run approximately with the...

We are not used to software that we rent, and that the resulting artwork will be lost to us, if we don't continue to pay, no matter what Adobe decide the cost will be, you will not be able to use...

Sadly, that sounds very logical, and most likely the reason why treating us punters like vermin, better getting rid of, than to keep.

Bibble is now Corel AfterShot Pro, GIMP is only 8-bit, I think!

If Adobe doesn't give us a free version to read our own images, as created by their software (not dumbed down to basic settings) off the hard disc, or the Cloud, I am pretty sure they are in for...

Indeed, paying installments for a purchase, that's what I occasionally do, but to pay rent on a piece of software, never!

Corel's offerings are OK, Aperture better (you just need a Mac)! Sometimes there is free downloads of Phocus, a capable RAW editing program from Hasselblads.

Perfectly put, sir! Good software, rotten customer relations! Those who earn a lot can afford any kind of pay fees, while I am nowadays just an amateur.

Just what I did ;-)! Bye Adobe, hello brave new photo editing world!

To me this change of focus by Adobe from private to corporate customer-friendliness is not a surprise, and I thank Adobe for the years we have had together, but now I will slowly but surely...

Will have to refine my GIMP skills, and use Phocus more (Phocus is Hasselblad's editing software, that you sometimes can get for free!

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2010/05/12/phocus25

Comparing it with car leasing is stupid, as you eventually own the damned car if you're not dead by then! But the software will stall ASAP you don't pay (or maybe just not able to pay the...

New economic brains taking over, most likely!

Next step is having to pay each time you use an Adobe font?!

But you can't do that any more, can you?! That was what it was before this change, now you either have to get a simpler version, or pay over and over again!

I used it for years, and do not any more, of course!

$30 a month if you want to have a possibility to opt out when you want?! I'd say they're joking, but evidently not.

Adobe used to be a consumer-friendly company, but like so many other companies...