After using Photomechanic extensively for the past 7 years (between 500k and 1 million images per year) I am officially done with this program.
I have spent dozens of hours, spent thousands of dollars on new computers, dozens of emails back and forth with tech support, hours on the phone, screensharing, with them even recreating the problems I'm facing on their own machines, and not having a solution to the problem.
I am currently running an international hockey tournament, I'm shooting six consecutive 14 hour days, shooting 10,000 images per day, and Photomechanic does nothing but hang and stall. I can't ingest, I've tried every conceivable set up that tech support has offered and suggested. And it still does not work.
I now have to use Windows Explorer to transfer all files from the reader to my hard drive, and then use LR to cull, sort, rate, and rename.
3 of my colleagues working with me experience the same problems and have given up on Photomechanic. It might be fine for small volume photographers, or Mac computers, but large volume Windows PC users, this program has gone to $hit. It used to be the be-all and end-all. Now it's worthless to me.
7 years!!
