Like what David says;

Live shot on the monitor gives a better display then the small lcd screen on the camera .

I am not a pro - you guys are
But I would think on the monitor ""larger pic"" you can see maybe you need a different aperture setting , F-Stop , more lighting , yada yada before you take the shot ? ?

I dunno just wondering

But Aperture 2 does not support live view, at least for the Nikon D700.

You should still see your photos right after shooting without the need to click "Import".
I don't have Live View on my cameras either BTW...it came out after my models.

I have live view on mine, but Aperture 2 doesn't have live view.

OK.. but we are talking 2 separate issues here.

i wanted to get Aperture 2, but for some reason my Aperture 1 is not upgradeable to 2 and the full price is $199 and the education price is $179. seems silly to buy the education price and not be eligible for $100 upgrades such that i'd pay $358 for version 2 and then version 3 education price, yet i'd only pay $299 to buy the full version 2 and then get version 3 as an upgrade. not sure that makes sense, but i currently have version 1 and i gave up on it and went back to iPhoto. i think i'll wait for version 3 of Aperture now since 2 has been out since 2008. i'll probably be able to get version 3 even a bit cheaper on Amazon for the full version at that point. ah well.

Sean

Maybe I am wrong but I don't think you can upgrade to full versions ? Like

1.0 to 1.3 <- sure theres an upgrade path

1.0 to 2.0 <-- I believe you have to buy the new version ? Maybe someone can correct me on this

they sell an upgrade to ver. 2, but you have to have version 1 to qualify and it only works for the regular version (it's $99 in the Apple Store to upgrade). Apple just doesn't allow education prices to upgrade to another education price. and the education price is only $20 less than the full price. i know there seemed to be a reason for this and it probably makes sense, but not moving forward from version 2 to 3. so when i say upgrading to the full version, i realize i'd have to buy the full version (non upgrade) to get into that rotation.

Apple does this with all their applications. And so does Adobe. Try buying CS3 educational and then CS4...they'll charge you full price rather than the upgrade price.

This isn't new, it's been this way for (at least) several years.

Adobe CS web premium is priced at $1699 regular.
education price is $599 (no upgrade option).
upgrade from the $1699 version is $599.

in this case, it makes sense for me to buy the education version as my whole cost is the same as the upgrade cost for commercial users. when i upgrade to CS4 (i am on 3) it'll cost me $599, which is the same as a regular business user upgrading from 3 to 4. that makes sense to me. my initial cost is just cheaper and Adobe benefits because i push my university to buy this product and get some students to do so as well -- that's potentially new customers buying the $1699 version down the road so Adobe feels comfortable offering this promotion to get their product into regular work cycles of young adults.

i am not sure why Apple isn't currently doing a cheaper education price to be more similar to Adobe products and more similar to the upgrade price for the regular version ($99), but it must not be as simple as it seems. i have no clue what i paid for the education price versus what you paid for Aperture 1 (i think there was a refund at one point because it was too expensive or something like that so my memory is all sloshed up). i just know that if the education price is going to be only $20 less than the full price then there is absolutely no reason to buy the education version 2 from my perspective and not just pay $20 more to get into the cheaper upgrade rotation for the regular product. people who have bought the education version have probably still bought 1 and 2 for less than the regular commercial editions (and i don't know that this is true, but it must be true); however, that certainly won't be true by version 3. i suspect that Apple will either have to allow the education price to be upgraded for the same amount as the typical upgrade ($99) or they should just drop the education distinction on this product.