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In many of the discussion posts about Lightroom alternatives I have not seen much about the recently released ACDSee product, Ultimate 2018.

 

I have downloaded the trial version as well as the "gift" version of DxO Optics Pro 11. [i also still have the paid for set-up file for LR 6). There is a bit of a learning curve to both and I am interested in what others have been finding.

 

In another post here there were 2 pages of posts about alternatives but no one mentioned the ACDSee product. So I'm very curious to know more before I purchase at the end of my trial.

 

I'd appreciate your thoughts about this alternative to Lightroom.

 

Thanks

I refuse to buy Lightroom by subscription, so I'm interested in peoples opinions on a good replacement that would be good with either Sony, Nikon, or Fuji?

Looking over all the entries in this post I am curious as to why absolutely no one mentions ACDSee Ultimate 2018. Why is this?

Doesn't Peterson discuss the fact that there may be several "correct" exposures but it is the selection of the one that best meets the specific needs of the particular image that separates the snapshooter from the photogapher? And that, as has been said above, is what you must now try to learn to do. Good luck on a wonderful life long sojourn into "image capture"!

Curious that no one has mentioned Steve McCurry. He certainly deserves mention.

Now that I've converted to digital (D200), I invested in some Delkin Archival

Gold CDs from B&H naturally. I understand that CDs are more reliable than DVDs

just now. Anyway, they came with these special marking pens. I used one

several weeks ago when I moved 4 CD's worth of images. The markers worked

fine. This evening I moved two more sets of images to CDs and found that the

marker pens don't seem to work well at all. They write ok, but there was

hardly any real black to them.

 

My question is, is it that awful to label the CDs with a regular "Sharpie"

marker? Is there really that much that the marker could do to one of these

Archival Gold CDs in 25 years??

 

I'd appreciate any assistance and advice.

Thank you!

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I have a question about storing film. I have seen several posts,

articles, etc. that say that film should be kept in the refrigerator

until the morning it will be used. I have also heard that film may be

kept in the freezer for several years. Is this a good practice?? Why

is it a good practice?

 

I've just bought 3 six-packs of Fuji 400 Extra (expiration date: Feb

2007) which were on sale at my local RITZ (everyone's local RITZ???).

And I would like to know how best to keep them fresh.

 

I'd appreciate your comments!