Since it seems that the criticism disability is common in Adobe users as well as with Apple disciples here shortly the main criticisms: 1. Absolutely poor usability, the User must here, geared to the SW. Video and information, there are many. Clear, structured facts few. 2. Error-prone even when update installations and using Adobe (such as the power used), offering all the same joke solution pseudo-intelligent error messages (flatten and re-install) the - the well does not always work. (To date, no solution of Adobe) 3. The dark design can not be changed. Absolutely not modern surface and color design 4. In essence, a "catalog" / a database that you do not really need as a not-fully-professional: For large collections to NAS / RAID offers, which in turn is only half-heartedly resolved with LR5. Similarly, the (lack of) team features. Who is not a professional and a clean structure and Photoshop use, this software does not need. In the time you have to spend in order to use LR5 sense, one can loose all "image memory" as a layman solve credit problems that it was hoped to solve with LR5. However, if you like to follow the herd and with its "click-squeezer" gladly will profile as semi-professional photographer who can naturally access harmless.