Adobe Lightroom Complimentary License with Leica M!!!

[Lenshacker]

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Based on my experience with Lightroom 6: unless you have a compelling need for camera support, they are doing you a favor by sticking with LR5.

 

I upgraded from LR4.4 only because I bought a Nikon Df, did not want to spend the money for LR5 knowing it would be replaced soon, and wrote my own Fortran program to hack the Df .nef files so that LR4.4 would process them. Figured it was worth $79 to skip that step, but Adobe proved me wrong.

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[CheshireCat]

Win7 kept crashing and displaying unexpected interrupt level errors.

 

I don't think Adobe has anything to do with that. This kind of errors are due to defective device drivers or (rarely) to defective hardware.

No user-level application can crash the OS. It may seem so, but the fault is somewhere else.

 

On Windows, this situation is particularly dramatic for obvious reasons. If possible, avoid video drivers released through "Windows Update" and always install the latest drivers from the hardware manufacturer. This is really important for video drivers, especially if you use software leveraging the GPU.

 

On Mac, it is a totally different story.

[Lenshacker]

The computer started showing the problem after installing LR6, and stopped after uninstalling Dropbox. Using task manager to show what was going on- The creative cloud manager was doing it's thing. Dropbox was never causing a problem until LR6 came in. I suspect both going for the same resource, no problems since the uninstall.

 

If it were a hardware issue- uninstalling the "unrelated software" should not make a difference. The relation seemed to be going after the network resource at the same time.

 

This is what I get for using software that I did not even write myself. I do a lot of embedded software, including protected mode device drivers.

 

Of course the Apple platform is having it's own problems. I did not lose any data, and everything is working fine now.

[CheshireCat]

 

This is what I get for using software that I did not even write myself. I do a lot of embedded software, including protected mode device drivers.

 

As good as you may be, I doubt you could write Lightroom [even just the functions you need] any better than Adobe in a reasonable amount of time.

And that will cost you more than a few bucks for Lightroom

 

 

If it were a hardware issue- uninstalling the "unrelated software" should not make a difference. The relation seemed to be going after the network resource at the same time.

 

Correlation is not causation.

There is no logical reason why LR6+Dropbox could interact "chemically" to crash the kernel of your PC. If you think there is, I'm all ears

[Lenshacker]

Just to be clear- I do not have to run LR6 for the crash on bootup, it is the Creative Cloud Crap kicking in. I hope another company gets it's act together for processing linear DNG files before LR7 comes out and you just cannot buy it anymore. I'll be running LR4.4 forever.

 

And work before installing software, does not work after installing software- fixed after getting rid of software that task manager shows running on top with Adobe Creative Crap- trying to use net resources at the same time- good enough for me, the bootup problem is gone.

 

I've seen just about every stupid mistake possible made in 40 years of using computers.

 

This kind of error, and the error for Apple processing DNG files from the new M246-

proves the only  industry standard for user error messages is a blank screen and a locked keyboard.

[FlashGordonPhotography]

I have Creative Cloud running happily with dropbox on both Windows and Mac platforms at the moment. No crashes. No slow downs. No errors.

 

Gordon

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That's where the specifics of the hardware and associated device drivers and interrupt handlers come in to play. Win7 on one machine with a different chipset might be fine, another set- crashes. My HP Octal I7 core system crashed while booting up. Worked with Dropbox+LR4.4, did not work with Dropbox+LR6, the latter requires the Creative license manager to run even though the upgrade is paid for and no recurring monthly fee is required. It just wants to phone home every time. You cannot uninstall the Creative License manager as LR6 requires it. Does not make as much sense, as LR6 is paid for up-front. I suspect Adobe will start leasing all of their software, and will cease selling it. They like the idea of monthly income. So- back to Leica is doing you a favor by giving you LR5. Good to know, I still have an unused download from my M Monochrom. LR4 is all I need for my Leica, the LR6 will continue for the Df.

[GHPhoto]

It's all very well to get a free version of LR with the purchase of a camera. But if, like me, you are an existing LR licence holder from before the purchase it's worthless.

What I find more perplexing is that as at 26 March '16, the current and the immediate past updates to LR CC don't support tethered shooting!!

Has anyone else noticed this?

What's the use in aligning a camera of this calibre with software that it doesn't fully support.

Are there any studio shooters out there experiencing this issue?

I can't shoot tethered into LIS 2.2 either! LIS won't see my connected M-P.

Very frustrating.

Clues anyone. MacBook Pro 15" 10.11.4

[assaf110]

How do i download the current LR6? all i found on Adobe site  was a link to download LR CC.

i do have an unused TAN i got with my M purchase.

Do i have to  register my camera first?

[marchyman]

How to convert a Lightroom CC trial to Lightroom 6 (Adobe website)

 

That may have the info you need once you convert your TAN to a lightroom serial number.  I've never done that as I already owned lightroom 6.

[assaf110]

thanks!

[sumolux]

In any case, Ubergizmo reports that as per 01.04.16 standalone Lightroom will no longer be delivered with new Leica cameras.

Only a 30 day free trial of CC.

So that party is over in any case.

[jdlaing]

Don't believe everything you hear.

[jaapv]

Just to be clear- I do not have to run LR6 for the crash on bootup, it is the Creative Cloud Crap kicking in. I hope another company gets it's act together for processing linear DNG files before LR7 comes out and you just cannot buy it anymore. I'll be running LR4.4 forever.

 

And work before installing software, does not work after installing software- fixed after getting rid of software that task manager shows running on top with Adobe Creative Crap- trying to use net resources at the same time- good enough for me, the bootup problem is gone.

 

I've seen just about every stupid mistake possible made in 40 years of using computers.

 

This kind of error, and the error for Apple processing DNG files from the new M246-

proves the only  industry standard for user error messages is a blank screen and a locked keyboard.

If you don't like Adobe products, what is wrong with Capture One? Or on PC, with Picture Window? Or Iridient?

[microview]

I just tried to get LR6 perpetual as v.6.1.1 using the TAN with my recently purchased Leica Q. Leica promptly sends license details but when I try to download from Adobe it's only valid for CC. And for this, my Mac OS, 10.8.5, would need updating from Mountain Lion to a later OS – which I don't want to do. As others have said, with LR6 you are told that it's 'fully up to date' and for practical use it's indeed fine – except that 6.1.1 'recognises' the Leica Q. I find, for instance, that importing cropped files into LR6>Develop doesn't show the enlarged optional DNG, but processes the smaller (=35mm) crop. You can waste time trying to enter Adobe's 'chat' system for possible help but it wants to merely shunt you off to its forums… infuriating! 

[jdlaing]

Keep looking through the Adobe website for the stand alone. It's buried in there and some others have had trouble finding it but it's there.

[azuled]

I can't imagine that the stand alone license has too much longer for this earth.  Software subscriptions are likely the future for everyone. I, personally, look forward to renting the software the drives my car and controlls all the doodads that will invariably fill the futures. 

 

Actually, I suspect that if it is true that the standalone is no longer provided for Leica customers that it is a signal that the end is near for it in general.