Thauglor

I don't believe Lightroom's catalog feature is adequate, or appropriate for my needs. I bought LR3 for some of its editing capabilities... distortion correction as an example.

It's terribly...

I don't believe Lightroom's catalog feature is adequate, or appropriate for my needs. I bought LR3 for some of its editing capabilities... distortion correction as an example.

It's terribly...

I-phone much ?

Jesus, how about something related to anything OTHER than the I-Phone ?

Apple fan proselytizing.

This array of tablets is far too small a sampling to make for a good comparison.

Almost no-one gives a rip about on-board cameras. Least of all photographers. IMO.

With...

It doesn't make sense to me, that LR will not simply let me browse to a folder, open a file, make an edit, then export the file to the folder I desire.... without the hassle of the catalog system...

I don't want or need LR's catalog system at all, only its editing features. The catalog, while understandably useful to many, is useless to me, and there appears to be no way to turn it off. It's...

That's exactly what I've been doing. While functional, it's not ideal.

It's cumbersome to the point that I just avoid using LR altogether.

I'll make the assumption that Adobe force feeds the...

I personally just don't see the point. Why should LR import anything at all.

For those that enjoy this feature... well great. I have no issue with what other folks do, but how about just allow me...

I bought LR3 for its many other features. I don't like the catalog feature. I find it to be completely unnecessary. Like the article states, many of us have cataloged our images by folder, by date,...

I ditched flickr in favor of a paired use between FB and a Zenfolio account. Flickr WAS really cool.... and it sort of slowly slid out of decent functionality.

They made it more difficult to share...