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Capture One Pro 22 license for $179

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Adorama [adorama.com] has Capture One One Pro 22, Key Card for $179, normally $299. This is pro-level photo cataloging/editing software on par with Adobe Lightroom, but can be bought without a subscription.

Note that the new Capture One Pro 23 will be released on November 8 [photorumors.com] but you can buy last year's version for 40% off.

This is a one-time fee for a lifetime license, though you don't get annual upgrades.

Note that there was a similar deal last April, so perhaps if you wait ~6 mos you can get v23 for this price.
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Adorama [adorama.com] has Capture One One Pro 22, Key Card for $179, normally $299. This is pro-level photo cataloging/editing software on par with Adobe Lightroom, but can be bought without a subscription.

Note that the new Capture One Pro 23 will be released on November 8 [photorumors.com] but you can buy last year's version for 40% off.

This is a one-time fee for a lifetime license, though you don't get annual upgrades.

Note that there was a similar deal last April, so perhaps if you wait ~6 mos you can get v23 for this price.

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Nov 04, 2022 09:47 PM
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JonnyQuazandoNov 04, 2022 09:47 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank JonnyQuazando

FYI this program has tumbled HARD in the past 2 years. They just keep making it worse somehow. It's slower than ever, very buggy, tons of UI issues, etc., etc. It's still way faster than Lightroom, but that isn't saying much

A lot of pros are getting increasingly frustrated with it.

I am hoping 23 will be improved, but it seems like they put the entire engineering team into the tablet releases and stopped caring about the desktop releases.

The last update caused a crash every single time you closed the program. They obviously stopped testing thoroughly as a small group of people all have the same issues and complain about them within days of a new release lol
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Nov 04, 2022 09:57 PM
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MichaelM6295Nov 04, 2022 09:57 PM
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Wait so does this not upgrade to capture one 23 upon release for free? The article you linked said licsenses purchased for 22 from B&H will automatically upgrade to 23 when it's released. Surely adorama would be the same way?
Nov 04, 2022 10:02 PM
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andyhiNov 04, 2022 10:02 PM
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At this price I'm going to wait unless they add a free upgrade to v23.


Capture One Pro (latest version) typically goes on sale around Black Friday for the best price of the year via resellers. They also tend to run (direct) specials for upgrades via email campaigns in the spring time and sometimes mid-year.

Last ~Black Friday / Cyber Monday (2021), both Adorama and B&H had Capture One Pro 21 on sale for $179.00 in a bundle that included a $25 gift card (at times) and was eligible for a free upgrade to v22 when released. This was for a new (non-subscription) license for the All Camera version which is normally $299 MSRP.

I believe the gift card was first offered by B&H and may have been matched by Adorama. Also both updated the details on their listings multiple times over BF / CM weekend.... I.e. GC / No GC, language about the free v22 upgrade, etc.

The Capture One Pro 21 for Sony / Nikon / Fuji brand locked versions were also on sale at B&H for $139 for a new license (normally $199). However the brand specific versions were discontinued in 2022, so your upgrade path (if eligible) is to move to the more expensive multi brand version or a subscription. (Note - Capture One Pro 22 for Nikon still appears to be available for purchase, but is likely to go away per their announcement.)

Capture One Pro for Fuji / Sony / Nikon discontinued:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/436...ny-cameras

https://support.captureone.com/hc...s-features

https://support.captureone.com/hc...6243437969


Capture One also tends to run (direct) pre-release specials starting a month or two before a major version release. However, these deals are not typically much if any lower than (reseller) BF/CM sale for a new full license.

The also tend to run post-release upgrade sales starting ~3 - 6 months after major version release. It looks like they ran a (~$99 direct) sale for the multi brand version from Aug 16 - 30 2022 @50% off the normal $199 upgrade price. I missed that sale and might have upgraded from v21 at that price.... or I might have waited until BF for options to move from v21 to 23.
Last edited by andyhi November 4, 2022 at 03:08 PM.
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Nov 04, 2022 11:16 PM
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waf4545Nov 04, 2022 11:16 PM
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Don't do it. 22 wont support any new camera.
Nov 05, 2022 05:25 AM
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violianNov 05, 2022 05:25 AM
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Quote from Jimmyqballs :
FYI this program has tumbled HARD in the past 2 years. They just keep making it worse somehow. It's slower than ever, very buggy, tons of UI issues, etc., etc. It's still way faster than Lightroom, but that isn't saying much

A lot of pros are getting increasingly frustrated with it.

I am hoping 23 will be improved, but it seems like they put the entire engineering team into the tablet releases and stopped caring about the desktop releases.

The last update caused a crash every single time you closed the program. They obviously stopped testing thoroughly as a small group of people all have the same issues and complain about them within days of a new release lol
No issues with my 2022 license. Have done 3 corporate photoshoots since May (tethering and editing the photos) and it works flawlessly with an A7 mk3 and Fujifilm X-S10.
Nov 05, 2022 05:39 AM
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APhamXNov 05, 2022 05:39 AM
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Quote from violian :
No issues with my 2022 license. Have done 3 corporate photoshoots since May (tethering and editing the photos) and it works flawlessly with an A7 mk3 and Fujifilm X-S10.
What machine are you using vs the original comment. It could be that capture one only really focuses on high end machines and doesn't care for midrange ones.
Nov 05, 2022 02:55 PM
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violianNov 05, 2022 02:55 PM
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Quote from APhamX :
What machine are you using vs the original comment. It could be that capture one only really focuses on high end machines and doesn't care for midrange ones.
Primary machine is Dell XPS 7390 laptop with Core i7 + 16GB RAM. Secondary machine (you get 2 activations) is on my HP Envy Core i5 + 8GB RAM. For photoshoot, we use it to tether to our camera's and both machines worked flawlessly for the 6 hour event.

My only gripe with CaptureOne is that the photo-review process sucks - where Lightroom shines. After taking photos of people, you have to quickly show them the photos so they can select 2-3 to keep. Last photoshoot, my target was go through 3 people every 10 minutes (each person gets 3 minutes - includes taking their photos and then having them selec1-2 photos to keep). The only way to make this "3 minute" target happen was using a home-brew App that I built (using VBA code) - the App determines which photos were recently taken, an display all of them side-by-side into a neat little gallery so they can compare all of them at once at a glance.
Last edited by violian November 5, 2022 at 08:04 AM.

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Nov 06, 2022 01:24 AM
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dmissirlianNov 06, 2022 01:24 AM
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Quote from Jimmyqballs :
FYI this program has tumbled HARD in the past 2 years. They just keep making it worse somehow. It's slower than ever, very buggy, tons of UI issues, etc., etc. It's still way faster than Lightroom, but that isn't saying much

A lot of pros are getting increasingly frustrated with it.

I am hoping 23 will be improved, but it seems like they put the entire engineering team into the tablet releases and stopped caring about the desktop releases.

The last update caused a crash every single time you closed the program. They obviously stopped testing thoroughly as a small group of people all have the same issues and complain about them within days of a new release lol
slower than lightroom in my experience
Nov 06, 2022 01:24 PM
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RrikpNov 06, 2022 01:24 PM
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I switched to Capture One about 4 years ago and never looked back. No issue here but i do have a beast that i built with 32 gb RAM, core i9 and an SSD M.2
Nov 07, 2022 05:12 AM
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jrm523Nov 07, 2022 05:12 AM
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I've been looking for a good photo organization and editing app that isn't cloud based, makes it easy to tag and organize photos, and handles raw format. Would this be worth looking into? If not, any ideas?
Nov 08, 2022 06:59 AM
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bansh77Nov 08, 2022 06:59 AM
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Seems to bloated for me, but while we're on the subject, does anyone have a good photo tagging solution that isn't proprietary?
Nov 14, 2022 03:22 PM
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Mattphoto101Nov 14, 2022 03:22 PM
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I bought it when it was $200. t's good. I disagree with the post about it being worse. It's the same. It's likely worse if your PC can't handle it. It relies on GPU more than it ever did.

It doesn't crash often when using. It does have an issue where sometimes it'll boot and lose your DB and you just have to point t back to the DB file. It's annoying but not devastating.

Layers are janky and it's no sub for photoshop or affinity.
Nov 17, 2022 03:59 AM
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andyhiNov 17, 2022 03:59 AM
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The link now takes you to recently released Capture One Pro 23 and it's showing the same discounted price - $179.
Nov 19, 2022 09:03 PM
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nsurgNov 19, 2022 09:03 PM
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funny that the "new" license on adorama is cheaper than the anything I can find for the upgrade. Have there been seasonal/predictable deals on the "upgrade" that I should wait for? Thanks.

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Nov 20, 2022 05:59 PM
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andyhiNov 20, 2022 05:59 PM
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Quote from nsurg :
funny that the "new" license on adorama is cheaper than the anything I can find for the upgrade. Have there been seasonal/predictable deals on the "upgrade" that I should wait for? Thanks.
Read post #4.

Over the last couple of years they have gone up on price for the perpetual licensed products. They also stopped selling the lower price Sony/Nikon/Fuji manufacturer specific full featured versions.

This appears to be part of a push to move people to a subscription plan... but Adobe's Creative Cloud $10 / month option tends to be a better value given it includes Photoshop, Photoshop for iPad, Lightroom classic, Lightroom mobile, other tools, and a minimal amount (20gb) of cloud storage.

I'm still going to hold out for a 179 (or lower) plus 25g/c deal... but honestly this product should be less expensive for the occasional / casual user given what adobe offers.
Last edited by andyhi November 20, 2022 at 10:15 AM.

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