jeffdl wrote:
So... am I jumping from the frying pan to the fire? Haha... well, I think I'll push on anyway.
Naw .... no software solution is perfect ...
I agree that Aperture 3.x is getting a bit long in the tooth and many folks would agree that too much time between versions ... but Aperture has also not languished without any attention ... v3.0 was introduced on Feb. 9, 2010 ... since then it has been updated 20 times to the most current version of 3.4.3 on Nov. 15, 2012 ... with a very significant update on Nov. 1, 2012 ... and this doesn't include Digital Camera RAW updates and tethering support has been added on a very regular basis as well though, those updates are applied at the system level rather than the applicatiion level.
For example Apple added RAW support as well as tether support for the Nikon D600 on Oct. 25, 2012 ... Lr 4.x does support the RAW files, it still doesn't support thethering for the D600 ... then looking at the slideshow and book making features in Aperture and they substantially more advanced than what is available in Lr. ... but Lr has many positives of it's own ... noise reduction is much better, lens correction, slightly better finer detail in RAW processing and the Print module should have been included with Photoshop v1 to name a few ... so there is considerable leap frogging between the options ... again neither option is perfect for all users ...
Then consider that Apple has advertised and interviewed prospective employees to specifically work on Aperture in recent months ... so Aperture dead or dying ... I'm not yet quite convinced of that ... but I really would like to see their next offering before I make my move ...