[X4U] Aperature vs. Lightroom & Photoshop CS

[Jeff Carruthers]

On Dec 21, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

>> <snip>
>
> I installed the demo of Lightroom last night.  I can see that getting
> photo's from my iPhoto library into it will be a serious pain, but I
> imported a few hundred photo's last night.  A mixture of scanned 35mm
> negatives (historically important photo's I shot 20 years ago with  
> my Nikon
> FM2), and JPEG and RAW pictures shot with my Nikon D70 in the last  
> couple
> weeks.  I was able to quickly fix several of the 20 year old 35mm  
> shots with
> little effort, and I was able to fix some very strange shots taken  
> with the
> D70 last week with a lot of effort.  I'm blown away by how you can  
> tweak the
> exposure and everything else in Lightroom.  OTOH, what I've seen so  
> far of
> its organizational capabilities largely stink!
>
> I'll download Aperture and try it tonight if I have the time.
>
>> The predecessor for Bridge, File Browser, is a part of your CS I
>> believe.
>
> I think that is what I use for photo's not in my iPhoto library.
>
>> <snip>
>> As for the camera, I recall a quote by Steichen that "No  
>> photographer is
>> as good as the simplest camera".
>
> I realize this, and I don't think the Nikon D300 will make me a better
> photographer.  It is a case of the D300 being the camera I wanted  
> when I
> bought the D70.  The D70 has been a great camera, and I've not  
> regreted
> purchasing it.  Besides in the time since I bougth it I've put  
> together a
> nice collection of lenses for the types of photography I do (sadly  
> my FM2's
> lenses aren't suited to the D70).
>
> Zane

Zane: from what understand, the Nikon D70 is a good camera (we use  
Canon Digital SLRs, so I can't speak from personal experience).
To get the most out of Lightroom (and Aperture), you want to shoot in  
RAW format, so that you have maximum flexibility in tweaking your  
digital phots.

Jeff
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