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Absolute bunk. Photoshop is a modular piece of software, they do not have to keep two code bases. They could simply add a subscription-checking plug-in to the subscription version.
There's no reason they can't give perpetual license owners the same updates. They simply choose not to because they are trying to make Wall Street happy with a more consistent revenue stream. They don't care about users any more. They only care about the bottom line.
As for Lightroom, they talk about how those who get it via subscription will get more features. That's exactly what they said about Photoshop last year. Sad to know I was such a supporter of Adobe for years. Now I'm rewarded with paying more for Photoshop.
I dumped Instagram when Facebook bought it.
Like people thought AOL was the Internet, so now people who will like this phone THINK Facebook is the Internet.
BruceBorowski: Than the article is an outright blatant lie for you just informed us ( jcmarfilph) .......it was a mass shot of 50 couples all at once............... This is just the kind of info-mercial we can come to expect of a company who uses slave labor and false advertising to push their over-rated cheap chinese products on us. So apple will NOT shoot 50 weddings in one day then...... they will shoot 50 couples all at once in a mass wedding group photo session which will last aprox. 30 seconds to one minute. Thanks for clearing that up. Funny how plain , mundane and trivial it is now eh. So this was all spin doctored as I expected. That's more what we expected from apple a $20,000,00 spin on the title of an article to drum up interest on a $5 chinese produced piece of .C**P
Okay, so tell me one phone that is morally or ethically, or economically superior to the iPhone.
You can't because of all the tech companies out there, only Apple is doing something about worker conditions. All the rest of the manufacturers are cowering in the dark, hoping people don't notice they aren't doing what Apple is doing to stop worker abuse in their supply chains. Apple even recently fired one of their major manufacturers for not following their guidelines.
Alas, some people's lack of regard for the truth is seriously crippled by blind hatred. Not to mention an astoundingly poor discernment of quality manufacturing.
Mike Walters: Don't know what all the fuss is about. Mobile photography has been around for years. My DSLR is mobile, compact cameras are mobile, phones with cameras are mobile.
It would take courage if the photographer was not a big name photographer, was not published and was trying to make a business out of wedding photography.
Its all about using the right tools for the job. Nothing wrong with using a phone if thats what you decide is the right tool for the job. I am pretty sure that 99.9% of wedding photographers wouldnt take the chance of using a mobile phone as their only tool to photograph a wedding, which just about says it all I think.
One of the all-time greats of photography, Andre Kertesz, used to have to lie to editors about his camera. If he told them he used a Leica, they would not give him work. So he would print at home and then bring the prints in. They couldn't tell the difference. Cartier-Bresson even remarked "Kertesz taught us how to see." Just goes to show what great work must have been lost over the years because of prejudice, ignorance and convention.
As a D800 user professionally, I do love boat loads of data. But I also love my point & shoot and my iPhone when the Nikon is just too big and bulky to pull out and get a quick shot of the 13 week old grand baby.
As for ignorance and prejudice, I see the anti-Apple contingent just can't seem to pass on an opportunity to vent their spleens.
Of course subscriptions are growing with the draconian rules. No more skipping upgrades or you're paying full price. For all those with 5.0 or earlier when subscriptions started.
The hostility towards Adobe's customer-unfriendly policies seems to be increasing even more. I dropped owning the Creative Suite. Now it's Lightroom and Photoshop CS6. As a pro I have to have the latter. So I paid for the upgrade for the boxed version which is way cheaper. I'd like to have Acrobat Pro, but it would be cheaper to pay $50 a month for everything. And Acrobat Pro X is such a mess of a program in terms of usability that I just can't justify paying for it.
Luck
Ily I do have the creative Suite at work, so I have access to the programs. But no longer at home.
tinpusher: Quite useless really.
Only the smallest of the bags is suitable for low cost operators in Europe and I need provision for cables , chargers , sat navs plus at least one change of clothes and a wash kit.
Since 2008 I've used an Antler Back Pack with wheels and that's got me around the Globe a couple of times and through the States 3 times a year.
My cameras are packed inside it in a Domke bag.
Ipads are always removed for checking.
IPads do not need to be removed for checking in the US. I have never needed to. I used to love Domke bags. But they don't last like they used to. Abd they get misshapen too quickly. The bottom bends too easily. I used them for 20 years. Now I only use them to carry extra gear downstairs to the studio.
Eric Sorensen: I always liked Chuck. He's a great spokesman for Canon. I can see why the Japanese keep him around - he gives good answers without giving away any secrets.
I knew Chuck when I was in grad school (Mizzou) and he and I would always argue Canon vs Leica. He's a smart, honest straight shooter. He has integrity by the ton. People who say otherwise are fools, or have an agenda. (Disclosure: I shoot Nikon -D800- and Canon -5D Mk II- prefer Nikon).
Get rid of Flash for your player! Please!
Bart Aldrich: Customer profile: largely the same people who spend wads on Leicas and high end Canon and Nikon pro bodies and haven't a clue why they would need it or how to benefit from having one.
Go on one of the photo storage sites and see the crap most Leica owners fill their galleries with.
I have a friend with an eight thousand dollar canon body and he doesn't even know if it's full-frame or DX! Nor does he know what a polarising filter is.
It's the more money than brains crowd.
Apparently you don't know the difference between Nikon (DX) and Canon (EF-S) lenses.
Glass houses...
Funny, I keep thinking I paid half that for my Nikon 14-24 2.8. And it's a crazy great lens. Better than my second generation Leica 19mm 2.8 lens, which in its day was one of the best wide lenses in existence.
mikesee: Stacking is neat. But it is not photography.
Stacking is no less photography than many other techniques. Using flash, filters, depth of field, angle of view, cropping, etc. The question: "Did it look like that?" is a much more relevant question as to whether it's "photography" or not.
Not to mention the literal meaning of photography is writing with light. How is this not that?
So, a marketing wonk carries how much cred?