

So I’ll probably get this and be OK for a while (until the next thing comes along.). If you stop a subscription, you no longer have access to the software - with CaptureOne I wouldn’t be able to open my old catalogues. Same as antpitta - I prefer a one-off payment to the monthly subscriptions for software. I’m assuming it has the same camera and lens support as v2. I paid £69 for the v2 upgrade July last year and it hasn’t gone up at least for this upgrade. Something about image processing queues but I don’t really understand what’s changed from v2. Also there is the ability to get the complete image area off the sensor - I think it has more crop area options than the v2. There seem to be some additional lens corrections tunings. They’ve added the DeepPrime XD mode which was only in PhotoLab before. So, no, by my reckoning Adobe sure ain't cheaper (but excuse me if I've missed something obvious along the way - which is entirely possible!). Sure, the price of new versions will probably creep up - as will Adobe products - but by alternating new releases bi-annually I end up with 2 full function packages that I enjoy using which will both be current/near-current versions for less than £7.50 a month BUT which I could continue to use without further payments for at least some time into the future. In practice as I had only bought my first ever release of ON1 (for £42.50) on 1st August I was offered the new 2023 release COMPLETELY free so 14 months before the next release I expect to skip for £3.04 per month. For the latest lifetime licence for ON1 Photo Raw 2023 I would have had to pay $99 (c£87 or £7.25 a month). If - as in my case/examples above - I renew alternate years and always take advantage of Black Friday or similar 50% off promotions then I would have paid £89 for the new lifetime licence for DxO PL6 (or £7.42 a month). From what I can read the basic Adobe Photography price is £9.98 every month - so £119.76 a year - and if you choose to stop paying you lose function.
