I don't keep up on deals and I can't guarantee that this is the best, but I just thought I'd pass along that B&H Photo has Lightroom 3 on sale for half off for the remainder of today (October 3rd). I'm not clear whether the deal ends at the beginning or the end of the day tomorrow; all I know is "ends October 4th."
Mike
UPDATE: The sale ends at one minute before noon EST on Tuesday, October 4th.
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FYI, if you already have Lightroom, the upgrade is $10 cheaper through B&H.
Posted by: Christopher Lane | Monday, 03 October 2011 at 07:30 PM
It's a 24 hour sale, beginning on the 3rd, and so ends tonight.
Seems like a very good deal, but does it mean LR4 is far behind? Didn't they just come out with 3.5?
Posted by: mark | Monday, 03 October 2011 at 07:44 PM
my bad. just looked at the email. It was sent to me at 1:14 in the afternoon EDT.
It states on the email "Limit 1 purchase per customer: offer expires 10/04/2011 at 11:59 am, or one minute before high noon tomorrow, Eastern Daylight Time.
Posted by: mark | Monday, 03 October 2011 at 07:48 PM
Thank Mike. Just lodged my order through your link, and added some rolls of HP5. I'm still on version 1.4, so this is timely. :)
Posted by: Chris Nicholls | Monday, 03 October 2011 at 07:49 PM
mark,
Thanks. I added that to the post.
Mike
Posted by: Mike Johnston | Monday, 03 October 2011 at 11:27 PM
Dear Mark,
My understanding from talking to Adobe PR is that the move to integral and half-integral releases is to produce a regular annual upgrade (translation: moolah in Adobe's pocket) while giving the code monkeys two years between major releases instead of the previous 1.5 year cycle.
I may have gotten this wrong, so don't take it as gospel. Assuming I haven't, then Lightroom 4.0 would be middle of next year.
pax / Ctein
Posted by: ctein | Monday, 03 October 2011 at 11:38 PM
Thanks Mike, I tried through your site and it was no longer available at 11:30 EST. I had to suffer their phone tree but did order it at the sale price.
Otto
Posted by: Otto Stengel | Tuesday, 04 October 2011 at 11:41 AM
I have successfully waited out this opportunity :-)
Posted by: David Dyer-Bennet | Tuesday, 04 October 2011 at 12:53 PM
All 3.5 does is update the number of cameras and their associated raw files that it recognises. I don't think there's anything to be read into the number, after all, it updates version 3.4.
Inclined to agree with those who have commented that LR4 can't be too far away if they are discounting v3.
Posted by: Mark Cotter | Tuesday, 04 October 2011 at 04:35 PM