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Still no reviews of any of the latest (ie within the last 12 months) Canon or Nikon DSLR's. A quick scan of the number of threads in the Canon/Nikon SLR threads versus Canon/Nikon non SLR threads, suggest that Phil or Amazon are not catering for the mainstream audience of this site.
 
..a review site...get it? Look at the output.

The site is a click generator, that is the main idea. Forums filled with posts generated for free (by posters like you or I) as donations and attractions for others. And ads for all the lurkers to click on and potentially buy things (not necessarily cameras) from Amazon.

The idea is to convert visitors to customers.
 
A genuine point hardly merits an answer like yours. This site used to be where you came for reviews of new products before taking the plunge. Now it focuses on digital compact camera reviews. My point is that the number of threads (messages even more so) in the SLR camp far outweigh the number in the non SLR forums yet the camera reviews in the former now take forever to get published. Why?
 
4 of which are DSLR's. Considering Since then they have moved, hired and trained new reviewers, had a major crash, and done extensive PMA coverage, I think they are doing fine. They also have introduced lens reviews in that time frame, and have an advert out to hire more reviews. Of course of you look at the posts of those like subdood, you may get the impression this place is going nowhere. A little simple research show its relatively healthy around here.
 
How long would you guess it takes to conduct a thorough review of a camera? How many people do you suppose Phil has on his staff conducting reviews of cameras? How can he possibly satisfy all the thousands of persons who have different priorities as to what his staff should review next? How much are you paying for this service? What makes you think you have the right to complain about how Phil runs his extremely successful business?

I mean you no offense whatsoever by this or my earlier message. However, people need to give Phil some slack.

Jerry
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http://jchoate.zenfolio.com/
 
From memory he took on a couple of people a year or maybe two years ago but for digital compacts I think. Maybe the new recruits will help, who knows what the strategy is.

Whether I am paying to use this site or not is irrelevant. If it is a review site, which is what (used to?) drive the business and bring the punters in, should we not expect timely reviews from the premier digital photography site on the web?

There may well be no significance at all between the number of posts in the different forums and camera reviews, but whatever, digital technology is moving rapidly and the longer a review takes to get out the less relevant it becomes. This is a pity because Phil's reviews are an excellent start point for purchase decisions.
jchoate said:
How long would you guess it takes to conduct a thorough review of a
camera? How many people do you suppose Phil has on his staff
conducting reviews of cameras? How can he possibly satisfy all the
thousands of persons who have different priorities as to what his
staff should review next? How much are you paying for this service?
What makes you think you have the right to complain about how Phil
runs his extremely successful business?

I mean you no offense whatsoever by this or my earlier message.
However, people need to give Phil some slack.

Jerry
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http://jchoate.zenfolio.com/
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You fail the credibility test, as previously suggested you cold start your own site, you could call it “Trolling, a guide to the uninitiated”

When you have enticed some 897,000,000 plus visits in around 9 years you then can sit back and enjoy newbie’s sending instructions on how to run your site

Just maybe you can do it better???

Paul Norman
 
Eyebat from Downunder said:
You fail the credibility test, as previously suggested you cold start
your own site, you could call it “Trolling, a guide to the
uninitiated”

When you have enticed some 897,000,000 plus visits in around 9 years
you then can sit back and enjoy newbie’s sending instructions on how
to run your site

Just maybe you can do it better???

Paul Norman
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I sometimes wonder about people who just sit in front of their computers and wait to spew their bile all over the screen. The OP expressed his opinion, that's all. I doubt Phil & Amazon need your self-appointed guardianship.

As for the point that a company once successful cannot do wrong, you must not have been around on this earth very long. I've seen a ton of big companies fail because they took their customers for granted. It happened so fast, they barely knew what hit them.
 
yes an apparent sense of fear to review anything potentially controversial. A number of recent and past DSLRs have been reviewed "late", or not at all, or are still pending.

One conspicuous hole is the Canon 1DMKIII. The one with the focussing issue that has been reviewed, investigated and discussed so much all over the net.

It's quite relevant and it seems like dPreview is simply terrified to review it out of fear that Canon and/or Amazon will get mad at them.
 
onlooker said:
Eyebat from Downunder said:
You fail the credibility test, as previously suggested you cold start
your own site, you could call it “Trolling, a guide to the
uninitiated”

When you have enticed some 897,000,000 plus visits in around 9 years
you then can sit back and enjoy newbie’s sending instructions on how
to run your site

Just maybe you can do it better???

Paul Norman
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I sometimes wonder about people who just sit in front of their
computers and wait to spew their bile all over the screen. The OP
expressed his opinion, that's all. I doubt Phil & Amazon need your
self-appointed guardianship.

As for the point that a company once successful cannot do wrong, you
must not have been around on this earth very long. I've seen a ton of
big companies fail because they took their customers for granted. It
happened so fast, they barely knew what hit them.
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Well I guess we are both guilty of “waiting to spew bile all over the screen” if your opinion of my post is correct.

So how long have you been waiting until I came along?

Did you enjoy your plaintiff little spew?

My opinions of the gentleman’s comments are as valid as his, or could we both be wrong.

Do we really need an independent judge like you to validate our opinions? I am sure he is able to defend himself and just like Phil and Amazon does not need a self appointed guardian!

Who made the point about a company once successful cannot do wrong, certainly not me but you Sir.

I do not agree with everything that this web site does. However I have been around near on 60 years and many of those years in business including the photographic industry.

The site does an extraordinary job, not perfect but what is?

A constructive opinion should always be appreciated. However trolling is trolling.

Oh a ton of companies, care to list them so i can define how many companies make a ton, or is that a metric tonne???

Paul Norman
 
onlooker said:
Seriously, dude, take a pill. You're about to have a stroke.
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Stroke, a poor retort for such a verbally gifted one.

Thank you for your concern, about as genuine as most of your diatribe you usually present on this site.

With pleasure

Paul Norman

“Dude” oh come now!!! Less of your Americanisms, with due respect to all other Americans on this site.
 
subdoodleaolcom said:
yes an apparent sense of fear to review anything potentially
controversial. A number of recent and past DSLRs have been reviewed
"late", or not at all, or are still pending.
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Whimper. Whimper. Whimper.
subdoodleaolcom said:
One conspicuous hole is the Canon 1DMKIII. The one with the
focussing issue that has been reviewed, investigated and discussed so
much all over the net.
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So why do the same that everyone else has done?
subdoodleaolcom said:
It's quite relevant and it seems like dPreview is simply terrified to
review it out of fear that Canon and/or Amazon will get mad at them.
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Nonsense.

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Charlie Self
http://www.charlieselfonline.com

 
I guess this was the same reason you stated. Wait, there were no Canon ads several years ago and the site was owned by Phil.

As he stated back then, unless a camera has mass appeal to the audience of DPReview it generally does not get a review. Several DSLRs have been in that category. I easily see why there was no review of the 1D MK III. The camera is not a wide appeal consumer camera and breaks no new ground. Why would Phil spend time reviewing the camera?
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I agree, only a couple of years ago DPreview was the best resource with the best reviews of the latest DSLRs. Not anymore. I hope they do catch up, I really like the site. What disappoints me is that they review cheap point'n'shoot cameras instead. There's no way they can keep up with them, there are too many different models being produced every month. DSLRs, on the other hand, are relatively rare.

I sort-of like the lens review section, but to become meaningful they will have to do a huge amount of work.

Oh well, it's not our site, and we can only ask and hope that it's a temporary slowdown.

good luck, DPreview!
 
The PS3 must be manned at all times with 2 people, one person to tidy up, one to make the tea..and one to maybe do the odd test here and there. ;-) lol

No time for reviews with that going on!

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Clint is on holiday! Soon to return! ;-)
 
Eyebat from Downunder said:
Thank you for your concern, about as genuine as most of your diatribe
you usually present on this site.
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"Most of your diatribe"? You are not even capable of checking someone's past posts. You are rude, incoherent, and now you have proven you don't know how to do basic research. I now understand I attempted to talk to either a frustrated teenager or someone with serious psychological problems. I hereby cede the ground to you. Enjoy. Perhaps you can find some forum where you can attack posters for asking questions and vent your pented up anger at the world. Whatever the reason for it may be, I don't even want to know.
 
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stisfied said:
Still no reviews of any of the latest (ie within the last 12 months)
Canon or Nikon DSLR's. A quick scan of the number of threads in the
Canon/Nikon SLR threads versus Canon/Nikon non SLR threads, suggest
that Phil or Amazon are not catering for the mainstream audience of
this site.
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'A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.' - Ansel Adams
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