John, thank you for your response & your suggestion is valid. I have been working the photo medium since '76, primarily b/w fine art work, and have immersed myself in the digital era in the last 5 years, perhaps longer as I'm a slow learner and am self taught. I'm presently using d200's and am using an Epson 3800. I also have 2 1/4 systems and a Arca Swiss 4x5 system.
With that, I'm not doing commercial stuff, ( a rat race which did not meet my needs or personal values) and at age 65, I'm persuing my own personal vision in the fine arts, submitting to shows, printing, displaying my work throughout my community & in Denver, Co. I have not printed "for display" as yet any prints from the 3800 as I'm still in the "preparitory" stage, however, I'm nearing that particular stage. Of recent, I did a photo guided vacation in Turkey of two weeks, so I have been doing a lot of camera raw editing & sorting. It has been suggested to me that, continuing in CS3 is fine, however, I should be working with Lightroom2 as that is a better way to go--for the future. I do have an archive of work going back to '76 which I will be delving into as time allows. I suppose an answer might be re: Lightroom2, "if its easier & more proficient than say CS3, it worth the expense".
Please, your thoughts. Thank you.