is it worth buying lightroom 3

mickyc

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Curry's are selling it on eBay for £40 is it a worthwhile buy?
 
I would say no, save up and get LR4 due to the various sliders. The downside of LR 4 is it could be very slow on your pc if it is below a i3.
 
Only if you're still on Win XP, 'cause LR4 won't work. LR3 is a very functional prog, though.
 
I have lr3, but bought lr4 few month back & it work very slow with my old PC with 3 mb ram. End up bought another new PC with 8 mb ram.
 
Nowadays with 3MB or even 8MB ...wow :p Whoever sold you the PC must be a genius ^^
 
Cheers guy's I was not sure if it was a good buy for the money, have read a few good things about it,

PatrickO I have no other lightroom

And as im new to digital I think I may take a punt on it.
 
mickyc said:
Cheers guy's I was not sure if it was a good buy for the money, have read a few good things about it,

PatrickO I have no other lightroom

And as im new to digital I think I may take a punt on it.
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As other have mentioned, check your computer spec carefully before going for 4/5.

LR3 is a brilliant tool and faster than the later versions. It will almost certainly do everything you want in PP and file management.
 
LR3 is a great very capable bit of software and way faster than 4 and 5. I have an i5 with 12GB of ram and 4 is still slow at times. 3 never slowed even when I only had 6GB of ram.

I do love the new sliders in 4 though, big improvement once you get the hang of them.
 
Well bit the bullet and ordered a copy I read the recommended specs for the computer and mine are fine now to find tutorials lol:)
 
Still using LR3 here and does all I need, got a guide book for it too and think I will wait a while before getting anything more modern.
 
I still use LR3, you can also download photoshop CS2 for free from the Adobe site.
 
Am I right in thinking LR3 doesn't update to include the latest RAW compatibility? Certainly my LR3, which claims to be up to date, won't read RAW files form my D3200.
 
Am I right in thinking LR3 doesn't update to include the latest RAW compatibility? Certainly my LR3, which claims to be up to date, won't read RAW files form my D3200
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If your camera isn't supported in LR3 you could use the DNG converter and then it will work fine
 
tijuana taxi said:
If your camera isn't supported in LR3 you could use the DNG converter and then it will work fine
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There is so much good old fashioned common sense being shown in this thread, I could cry!;)


PS just say no to upgraditis!
 
Excuse me, I stand corrected.

All I know is I downloaded it for free about two months ago..
 
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