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Did a Canon 60D just puke all over your screen also?

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I wish it was. As of 11:25 AM EST, 9/22/10 I've still got the ugly red background and the EOS 60D buzz phrases in the background.

Yes for the record, I've flushed Firefox's cache and browsing history, shut it down, and re-loaded the site. I still have the shamelessly nauseating advertisement; I really though that dpreview.com was above this sort of thing. Apparently not.

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TFergus said:
Aaron@Utah said:
Lets face it having to advertise your camera all over a photography review website it's actually good news it simply means they know they are on the ropes
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Actually all it means is Canon is smart enough to advertise
a new camera on a CAMERA REVIEW website.
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I will go with mine instead look what they're pushing as it's advertisment

the articulated screen because it's the only feature on the camera that the new nikon
doesn't have
TFergus said:
Where people come to read about new cameras while deciding which one to buy.

Sheesh.
TFergus said:
but the bigger issue is it is now quite obvious that dpreview caved into the almighty dollar over the perception of unbiased opinions
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Lol... they've been advertising for years.

You must be new here.
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No not new here actually been here a lot longer than you and this is the first time dpreview has so blatantly caved in to a camera company's advertising

yes there has always been the little box adds for different cameras but this it the first

time to my knowledge that they have put a site wide background as an advertisment for a single camera.
Now if they had decided to put that background only on canon related pages for
new users visiting those pages that would be one thing but this one is site wide

It now throws suspicion on any review for canon products in the future from dpreview as another poster put it "60D review = Highly Recommended D$LR"

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I think that you're missing the point. It's not the brand, it's the overpowering character of the thing. This would be as offensive and as egregious if it were Nikon or any other manufacturer. I think that we all accept that someone has to pay the bills and that there's going to be adds sprinkled about the page (across the top, above the menu bar and on the right above the Latest News widget), but they're NOT the entire page. The advertising that's been here to date has been discrete and largely out of dpreview's control. If I remember correctly, dpreview hired an ad server service and they just place the widget on the page, the content, is determined by others. That's why you get ads for all manner of things from acne creams to vacation packages.

This is clearly above and beyond that, and if not in their control had to be done with their clear consent.

I'd say that this just serves as a reminder that everyone does in fact have a price, and that some will ultimately choose to sell themselves. The trust issues that are being spoken of here have do with the fact that this all rather flies in the face of image that's been put for that dpreview is above accepting money to promote one brand over another. No, I'm officially not suggesting, asking, or even implying that this can be made "right" by doing the same thing for other manufacturers. Equal "time" isn't the issue. The issue is that it happened at all.

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dante_d said:
I wish it was. As of 11:25 AM EST, 9/22/10 I've still got the ugly red background and the EOS 60D buzz phrases in the background.

Yes for the record, I've flushed Firefox's cache and browsing history, shut it down, and re-loaded the site. I still have the shamelessly nauseating advertisement; I really though that dpreview.com was above this sort of thing. Apparently not.
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Please do yourself a favour and install the Adblock Plus add-on for Firefox. It's as simple as a couple of mouse clicks followed by restarting your browser.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/

Add-ons are one of the key benefits of Firefox, so use them!
 
Only the red background bothers me, not the fact Canon chooses to advertise here.

To change the overall background like they have done only makes me wonder if Canon feels like the Nikon D7000 flushed their 60D down the toilet.

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JoKing said:
Please do yourself a favour and install the Adblock Plus add-on for Firefox. It's as simple as a couple of mouse clicks followed by restarting your browser.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/

Add-ons are one of the key benefits of Firefox, so use them!
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Yes, I'm aware, thanks; I use them frequently, at home. Unfortunately, installing add-ons is not an option on my work machine (no, that doesn't make alot of sense, but without getting into, it is my reality.) I was more commenting on the fact that the new wallpaper is still in place.
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If you have Mozilla Firefox browser

On the menu:

Tools / Options

click and a window will open, select tab:

Content

then look for the button:

Colors

Disable (uncheck) the check box on the botton that says:

"Allow pages to choose their own colors..."

Voila! No more red.

You can play with the default colors on that same page, set your background as black, letters as white, etc.

Don't forget to put that checkbox again to visit other websites.

It's a hassle, but I can't believe dpreview agreed to this advertising.
 
JeffCole said:
Only the red background bothers me, not the fact Canon chooses to advertise here.

To change the overall background like they have done only makes me wonder if Canon feels like the Nikon D7000 flushed their 60D down the toilet.

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They are taking desperate measures, that's why you see the extra anoying advertising. It's like when BP messed up with the oil spill, the first thing they did was to start an advertising campaign. The problem is that an advertising campaign cannot fix a dumbed-down camera. It doesnt matter how much lipstick you put on a pig.
 
Having to do that sort of thing when visiting any site is really just not going to happen.

The obvious answer to my mind is simply to not come to this site when I can't surf on a machine with an ad blocker installed. It's kind of like changing your route home to avoid a bit of broken sidewalk or some road work. It's annoying the first time, but you do it the second time without thinking. Besides, it's good to get a change of scenery now and then, who knows what you'll find?

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not on my screen.
 
Aaron@Utah said:
TFergus said:
Aaron@Utah said:
Lets face it having to advertise your camera all over a photography review website it's actually good news it simply means they know they are on the ropes
Click to expand...
Actually all it means is Canon is smart enough to advertise
a new camera on a CAMERA REVIEW website.
Click to expand...
I will go with mine instead look what they're pushing as it's advertisment

the articulated screen because it's the only feature on the camera that the new nikon
doesn't have
Aaron@Utah said:
Where people come to read about new cameras while deciding which one to buy.

Sheesh.
Aaron@Utah said:
but the bigger issue is it is now quite obvious that dpreview caved into the almighty dollar over the perception of unbiased opinions
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Lol... they've been advertising for years.

You must be new here.
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No not new here actually been here a lot longer than you and this is the first time dpreview has so blatantly caved in to a camera company's advertising
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A few notes...

1) This account is about 3 years old, add to that at least one "banned" account and at least one forgotten account and it's been quite a bit longer (not that it matters who was here first).

2) DPR didn't cave... Amazon saw the $$$ and allowed it on their site.

3) They will likely do the same for the other brands if/when the other brands want to.
Aaron@Utah said:
yes there has always been the little box adds for different cameras but this it the first time to my knowledge that they have put a site wide background as an advertisment for a single camera.
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Aaron@Utah said:
It now throws suspicion on any review for canon products in the future from dpreview as another poster put it "60D review = Highly Recommended D$LR"
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"It now throws suspicion"... does that mean the smaller ads didn't ?

Is their an "ad size threshold" at which point reviews are suspect ? lol

...and why aren't the Nikon reviews suspect ?
 
Yes, it's gone on my machine too. What a relief. Thanks for listening, Dpreview or Amazon or whoever calls the shots.
Waimak Stud said:
Let's just be overwhelmingly happy that it's over and PRAY that it never happens again (regardless of the company backing it.)

For the record, before I was indifferent towards the 60D, now I HATE it and won't give it the time of day.

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"Desperation move by Canon"

"DPR is now suspicious!"

"This makes me angry!"

What you have to understand is that Canon didn't come to DPR to see if they could change the design of their website just for the sake of an ad.

DPR, or more likely Amazon, decided to open up this space for advertising and let the manufacturers know... and Canon bit first.

There will be others.

DPR is likely embarrassed about it, if it was indeed Amazon's doing.
If they aren't... they should be.

As far as DPR's credibility... one ad doesn't change that, they've been advertising for years. They were already either credible or not.

If you rely on one website for any sort of reviews or recommendations then you need to rethink that, not DPR's credibility.

And stop acting like DPR suddenly sold out.

They aren't in business to appease you or worry about what a bunch of photographers think.... they're in business to make money.
 
Still on mine... and it still doesn't affect me.
Polyglot92 said:
Yes, it's gone on my machine too. What a relief. Thanks for listening, Dpreview or Amazon or whoever calls the shots.
Waimak Stud said:
Let's just be overwhelmingly happy that it's over and PRAY that it never happens again (regardless of the company backing it.)

For the record, before I was indifferent towards the 60D, now I HATE it and won't give it the time of day.

--
http://dailybento.webs.com/
I really do have to start trying to be a bit nicer to people on here.
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D5000 - Nikkor AF-S DX 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6G ED VR - Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 G
Canon PowerShot S3
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follow the money
TFergus said:
"Desperation move by Canon"

"DPR is now suspicious!"

"This makes me angry!"

What you have to understand is that Canon didn't come to DPR to see if they could change the design of their website just for the sake of an ad.

DPR, or more likely Amazon, decided to open up this space for advertising and let the manufacturers know... and Canon bit first.

There will be others.

DPR is likely embarrassed about it, if it was indeed Amazon's doing.
If they aren't... they should be.

As far as DPR's credibility... one ad doesn't change that, they've been advertising for years. They were already either credible or not.

If you rely on one website for any sort of reviews or recommendations then you need to rethink that, not DPR's credibility.

And stop acting like DPR suddenly sold out.

They aren't in business to appease you or worry about what a bunch of photographers think.... they're in business to make money.
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Since I'm still using IE 8.0, I went to Tools-Security-Restricted Sites and entered

http://ad.doubleclick.net/

which, apparently is the offending company that manages the forum ads.

My screen is now back to a very pleasant, unobtrusive black border.
 
Last time I checked, DPR, like other sites has to meet its costs. Advertising is a necessary evil.
 
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