Canon EOS R5 Mark II firmware update coming this month

[AlanF]

With my 6.5 year old Windows PC it took PureRaw anywhere between 30 seconds and 5 minutes to process an R5 or Mk II CR3 uncompressed raw file. Images which LR C processed in 30-60 seconds. My new PC has a recent graphic processor and it now takes both LR C and PureRaw 5 -15 seconds .

IMO PureRaw is better in sharpening high ISO images (i.e. 3200 ISO) than LR Classic, with the risk of oversharpening and getting subjects which are ‘cut out’ and ‘pasted’ on to the background (which look unnatural to me, but that is a matter of taste). For lower ISO images, the results of LR C and PureRaw are (IMO) comparable.

Adobe has an outage over my university, not recognising our accounts, which has been going on for over a day and the next update on its fix is not expected til Monday - they are "working on the problem". All of the pro Adobe apps are affected and I can't edit PDFs for my work which is holding me up or use any other of the other software, including LrC and PS. For some mysterious reason, many here are happy to rent software that can disappear just like that. It might be a money spinning business model for Adobe but it stinks for the users when they can be left high and dry like this. TG I don't rely on LrC or PS.

Adobe software is so clunky. Acrobat Reader for PDFs won't install because I have the pro version (inactivated!) on my computer. And the Reader will take up 500 Mb on my disk whereas Apple Preview which fortunately I can now use for reading PDFs takes up only 11.1 Mb, and that app will also view and edit jpegs and other image files.

 

[OldrockyGN]

Adobe has an outage over my university, not recognising our accounts, which has been going on for over a day and the next update on its fix is not expected til Monday - they are "working on the problem". All of the pro Adobe apps are affected and I can't edit PDFs for my work which is holding me up or use any other of the other software, including LrC and PS. For some mysterious reason, many here are happy to rent software that can disappear just like that. It might be a money spinning business model for Adobe but it stinks for the users when they can be left high and dry like this. TG I don't rely on LrC or PS.

Adobe software is so clunky. Acrobat Reader for PDFs won't install because I have the pro version (inactivated!) on my computer. And the Reader will take up 500 Mb on my disk whereas Apple Preview which fortunately I can now use for reading PDFs takes up only 11.1 Mb, and that app will also view and edit jpegs and other image files.

Alan,
Although I agree with you about the topic of "software bloat" - Adobe is not alone and may not even be the worst.
I've been dealing with software since the late 60's when I went to work for IBM. Every once in a while some 'new'
software comes along that is 'better' than what's currently the most used/most common software for some purpose or
other ... then in about 4 or 5 years that 'better' one is just like all the rest. *Sigh*. Or else you give up some feature or
function (such as Edit for PDFs) ... which is often 'required' to do your work. *Double Sigh*.
Your current problems with Adobe software have as much (more) to do with choices made by the university. The
more basic versions such as LrC and much better than any "Pro" version. Maybe "Pro" should be spelled "Bloated"?
But what are the chances that a university will chose the more basic version of anything? Close to zero.
- Jim in the PNW

 

[AlanF]

Alan,
Although I agree with you about the topic of "software bloat" - Adobe is not alone and may not even be the worst.
I've been dealing with software since the late 60's when I went to work for IBM. Every once in a while some 'new'
software comes along that is 'better' than what's currently the most used/most common software for some purpose or
other ... then in about 4 or 5 years that 'better' one is just like all the rest. *Sigh*. Or else you give up some feature or
function (such as Edit for PDFs) ... which is often 'required' to do your work. *Double Sigh*.
Your current problems with Adobe software have as much (more) to do with choices made by the university. The
more basic versions such as LrC and much better than any "Pro" version. Maybe "Pro" should be spelled "Bloated"?
But what are the chances that a university will chose the more basic version of anything? Close to zero.
- Jim in the PNW

It's absolutely nothing whatsoever at all to do with the university choices: Adobe's accounting or something else in their admin software just cancelled random users. And when your sub is cancelled, you can't use Acrobat Pro, InDesign , Illustrator etc, etc - that is the problem not the bloat, which is a side issue.

 

[koenkooi]

It's absolutely nothing whatsoever at all to do with the university choices: Adobe's accounting or something else in their admin software just cancelled random users. And when your sub is cancelled, you can't use Acrobat Pro, InDesign , Illustrator etc, etc - that is the problem not the bloat, which is a side issue.

Another thing to be aware of is that your login is only valid for 2 weeks, so don’t plan on being able to fully use Adobe products on a 3 week off-grid trip.

I do a log out/log in cycle before leaving, in case the wifi on location blocks things Adobe needs.

 

[AlanF]

Another thing to be aware of is that your login is only valid for 2 weeks, so don’t plan on being able to fully use Adobe products on a 3 week off-grid trip.

I do a log out/log in cycle before leaving, in case the wifi on location blocks things Adobe needs.

It's actually outrageous. They have in effective uninvited access to your computer and can come in and remove your legally possessed software at will. It's like having someone have a key to your house and they can come in and take away your bed or television set that is legally in your possession and you don't owe any money. Are there many other software companies who do this?

 

[koenkooi]

It's actually outrageous. They have in effective uninvited access to your computer and can come in and remove your legally possessed software at will. It's like having someone have a key to your house and they can come in and take away your bed or television set that is legally in your possession and you don't owe any money. Are there many other software companies who do this?

Depending on the wording of the contract: IBM, Oracle, SAP and basically every SaaS provider.

 

[AlanF]

Depending on the wording of the contract: IBM, Oracle, SAP and basically every SaaS provider.

Not even Microsoft stoops that low with us - actually they are pretty reliable.

 

[koenkooi]

Not even Microsoft stoops that low with us - actually they are pretty reliable.

We’re sadly a full MS shop as well, I dread the moment there is a dispute and MS cuts us off. Winning a lawsuit will not get the data back if that happens.