I mean, its nuanced.

Right now, buying a new license is $229. Upgrades are like $100 - $150.

The only time you need to rebuy / upgrade is when you get a new camera that is only supported by the newest cameras.

I bought my copy for a D7000, and it worked with my old files, worked with my D7100 too as I probably bought in late.

I had to get an upgrade in ~2015 for the D750, and used that with a 5Dsr, and various Olympus cameras (Everything not Nikon are cameras given to me for assignments).

And a final upgrade for me around the time the D850 came out, and I used that for the year I shot a Z7.

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Even estimating high, that would be $4.50 a month.

For anyone who isn’t usually on the newer cameras, it should be even cheaper.

This would be my choice too. Does 95% of what LR does, does some things much better, and performance is like 10x.

And the one time cost every few years is awesome