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ASANenthusiasticuserof

bridgecamerasoverthe

years,I totallyagreewith

JohnGordon’sviewin his

letter‘Bridgeof size’(Inbox,

4 January).Andfollowing

hislineof thought,I would

liketosuggestthatthe

followingis feasibleand

couldproveverypopular:a

‘bridgecamera’witha lesser

zoom(say,28mmto200mm,

even150mm)tokeepsizedown,but

withanAPS-Csensor.Personally,I

havebecomemoreinterestedin image

qualityandlowlightperformancethan

severalhundredmmof zoom.I’m

currentlyusinga SonyAlpha7RMarkII

withthetinySamyangprime24mm,

andI domyzoomingonthecomputer!

Butif someoneintroducedanAPS-C

bridgecameraof similarsizeand

weight to my current set-up, I would be

veryinterested.Is thisnotpossible?

Evena morelimitedzoomrange,say

28mmto120mm,wouldbe

attractive.Even35mmto100mm!As

youcantell,I hatechanginglenses.Is

whatI amsuggestingnottechnically

possible?I findthatunlikely.

David Boothroyd

Inbox

APS-C bridge

Adobebetrayal

Irefertotheletterfrom

GeraldPeppiatt(Inbox, 18

January)regardingAdobe

Lightroomnotrunning

underAdobeOSX10.14.

Mojave.A problemthat

beganwiththereleaseof

OSX10.13HighSierrain

September2017.

I usea 2009iMacand

havebeena Lightroom

usersinceit wasfirst

releasedin 2007.I have

progressivelyupdatedto

thelatestversionuntil

Lightroom5.When

Lightroom6 wasreleased

I hadretiredduetoill

health and my fi nancial

LETTER

OF

THE

WEEK

WNS

ASAMSUNG

EVO

PLUS

MCROSD

CARD. NOTE:

PR

ZEAPPL

ESTO

UK

AND

EU RESIDENTS ONLY

LETTER OF THE WEEK

Davidis anenthusiasticuserofbridge

cameras but not so keen on changing lenses

circumstancesnolonger

allowedmetheluxuryof

purchasingnewsoftware

applications.Lightroom 6

wasnotavailableasa free

upgrade,buthadtobe

purchasedwitha new

license.I continuedtouse

Lightroom5 veryhappily

untilAdobereleasedOSX

10.13HighSierra.

OnceI hadinstalledHigh

Sierra,Lightroom 5

stoppedworking.It would

crashimmediatelyafter

launchorsoonafter.Apple

madenomentionof this

anddidnotwarnusersof

thisproblemin theHigh

Sierra release notes. As far

asApplewasconcerned,it

wasnotitsproblem,it was

anAdobeproblem.

Adobe’sresponsetomy

complaintwastotheeffect

thatLightroomversions 5

and6,andallprevious

versions,werenolonger

supportedandthatI

shouldpurchasea

subscriptiontoLightroom

CC.I wasonlyoneof

thousandsof Lightroom

userswhohadthesame

problem.TheAdobe

forumswereinundated

withpostsonthesubject.

Nosolutionhaseverbeen

offeredbyAdobe.I am

sure that a simple patch

couldhavebeenmade

availablebyAdobe

withoutruiningsomevast

eternalplan.

I nowfeelbetrayedby

bothAdobe,of whomI

wasa loyalcustomerfor

manyyears,andbyApple.

Myonlyalternativeif I wish

tocontinueusing

Lightroomin my

circumstancesis toeither

purchasetheAdobe

subscriptionservice,which

I amnotin a positiontodo,

ortoreplaceLightroom

withanalternative

applicationsuchasON1.

MycurrentiMacstillruns

verywellanddiagnostics

donotindicateanyhard

driveproblemsyet.Whenit

fails,I willnolongerhave

theabilitytoaccessmy

catalogueof 50,

imagescreatedovera

periodof 65years.Mostof

myfinaleditedimages

havebeenexportedas

eithertifforhigh-

resolutionJPEGfilesand

arebackeduponexternal

drives.Thesewillbecome

assetsof myestateon

mypassing.

I stillenjoymy

photographyandgetout

withmycameraasoften

aspossible,sonew

materialis stillbeing

createdanddownloaded

tomycomputer.Myuseof

Adobeproductsforpost

production,however,has

cometoaninvoluntary

bitterend.

I feelthatit hasbeen

veryunfairof Adobenotto

recognisethefactthat

thereareLightroom5 and

6 userswho,dueto

personalcircumstances,

cannotfinancea

subscriptiontoLightroom

CCortoAdobeCreative

Cloud,eitherdueto

financialconstraintsorto

administrativerestrictions.

TheseuserspaidAdobe

goodmoneywhenthey

madetheirinitial

purchaseof theirAdobe

softwareanddeserve

bettertreatmentthan

thatwhichtheyhave

received.

Graham Serretta

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