Can Photo Mags Suk Any More?

Jim K53618 · Nov 23, 2002

Have you noticed that every freaking photo mag, digital or film has the usual end of year Review of all cameras. I can see one issue, but it's going on the 3rd issue in a row for all of them with thier stupid repeative Round-Ups, Buyers Guide, Best Picks, Etc. NOTHING NEW! If you read one Buyers guide or Camera Year Review, yoy read them all. Every freaking mag, for the past 3 months have been milking this cr@p now! I am getting so sick of it. I wouldn't subscribe to any of them becuase they all basically suck, repeat the same articals, offer verry little useful information. Are they having a contest which Photo Mag can Suk The Most????

Am I alone on this observation???

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

David M. · Nov 23, 2002

I generally agree.
The DV cam mags are the worst.

Shutterbug generally has very good articles though and technical evaluations. Outdoor Photographer is'nt too bad either.

Jim K said:
Have you noticed that every freaking photo mag, digital or film has
the usual end of year Review of all cameras. I can see one issue,
but it's going on the 3rd issue in a row for all of them with thier
stupid repeative Round-Ups, Buyers Guide, Best Picks, Etc. NOTHING
NEW! If you read one Buyers guide or Camera Year Review, yoy read
them all. Every freaking mag, for the past 3 months have been
milking this cr@p now! I am getting so sick of it. I wouldn't
subscribe to any of them becuase they all basically suck, repeat
the same articals, offer verry little useful information. Are they
having a contest which Photo Mag can Suk The Most????

Am I alone on this observation???

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

--
Oly E20, Kodak DC4800's, Canon GL1, ZR25, Minolta HTsi+

Marty Scher B · Nov 23, 2002

Why go to the bother of creating editorial or technical content, if you can just cut and paste vendor camera specs onto the page?

Most of the one's I have seen (and not purchased), are the "buyers guides" at the newsstands. I think they are there as an impulse item for newbies thinking about taking the plunge to digicams.

Can't imagine anyone actually subscribing to these wastes.

Glad that real photog mags like Outdoor Photographer, actually put some useful information content in their issues.

I hear ya.

Jim K said:
Have you noticed that every freaking photo mag, digital or film has
the usual end of year Review of all cameras. I can see one issue,
but it's going on the 3rd issue in a row for all of them with thier
stupid repeative Round-Ups, Buyers Guide, Best Picks, Etc. NOTHING
NEW! If you read one Buyers guide or Camera Year Review, yoy read
them all. Every freaking mag, for the past 3 months have been
milking this cr@p now! I am getting so sick of it. I wouldn't
subscribe to any of them becuase they all basically suck, repeat
the same articals, offer verry little useful information. Are they
having a contest which Photo Mag can Suk The Most????

Am I alone on this observation???

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

Tuba Paul · Nov 23, 2002

I have not purchased a single photo mag since I found this website.

Jim K said:
Have you noticed that every freaking photo mag, digital or film has
the usual end of year Review of all cameras. I can see one issue,
but it's going on the 3rd issue in a row for all of them with thier
stupid repeative Round-Ups, Buyers Guide, Best Picks, Etc. NOTHING
NEW! If you read one Buyers guide or Camera Year Review, yoy read
them all. Every freaking mag, for the past 3 months have been
milking this cr@p now! I am getting so sick of it. I wouldn't
subscribe to any of them becuase they all basically suck, repeat
the same articals, offer verry little useful information. Are they
having a contest which Photo Mag can Suk The Most????

Am I alone on this observation???

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

Jim K53618 · Nov 24, 2002

Tuba Paul said:
I have not purchased a single photo mag since I found this website.

I like this page too but you can't exactly bring it with you in to the bathroom. What better time to flip thru a mag while sitting on the toilet?

I've enjoyed a lot of mags but lately most of them have taken the cheap lazy way out with repeative BS. Still a few good ones out there but the bad ones are growing in numbers, and just when you think they can't get any worse, they suprise you!

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

Tuba Paul · Nov 25, 2002

Actually, you can bring it into the bathroom... Ever hear of the Danger Sidekick? It's a great little web-browsing cell-phone that has a thumb-keyboard as well as it's own little 120x90 camera...

;^)

Jim K said:
Tuba Paul said:

I have not purchased a single photo mag since I found this website.

Click to expand...

I like this page too but you can't exactly bring it with you in to
the bathroom. What better time to flip thru a mag while sitting on
the toilet?
I've enjoyed a lot of mags but lately most of them have taken the
cheap lazy way out with repeative BS. Still a few good ones out
there but the bad ones are growing in numbers, and just when you
think they can't get any worse, they suprise you!

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

johnd1 · Nov 25, 2002

I buy from the kids selling at grade school. $14.00 for a years subscription. It's not even worth that. But to support the PTO it's worth $14.00 a year. The mag rags make interesting bathroom reading.
John

Jim K said:
Tuba Paul said:

I have not purchased a single photo mag since I found this website.

Click to expand...

I like this page too but you can't exactly bring it with you in to
the bathroom. What better time to flip thru a mag while sitting on
the toilet?
I've enjoyed a lot of mags but lately most of them have taken the
cheap lazy way out with repeative BS. Still a few good ones out
there but the bad ones are growing in numbers, and just when you
think they can't get any worse, they suprise you!

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

David A Melges · Nov 25, 2002

If you are checking out DPreview you're months ahead of camera mags anyway...I quit reading them years ago when I realized they didn't have the balls to give a bad review!

Every film is good according to them, year after year after year, I mean c'mon!!

Still nice to flip through em for the pics on the stand though!

d

Jim K said:
Have you noticed that every freaking photo mag, digital or film has
the usual end of year Review of all cameras. I can see one issue,
but it's going on the 3rd issue in a row for all of them with thier
stupid repeative Round-Ups, Buyers Guide, Best Picks, Etc. NOTHING
NEW! If you read one Buyers guide or Camera Year Review, yoy read
them all. Every freaking mag, for the past 3 months have been
milking this cr@p now! I am getting so sick of it. I wouldn't
subscribe to any of them becuase they all basically suck, repeat
the same articals, offer verry little useful information. Are they
having a contest which Photo Mag can Suk The Most????

Am I alone on this observation???

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

Ian Yates · Nov 25, 2002

I think you are dead on.

The internet is the best place nowadays. Magazines take months to get published. Right now they are working on the March issue which means they'll not cover PMA developments till June. Magazines prime purpose is to sell advertising. Advertizers tend to stick with them so if the magazine content fails or falls short they still advertize because, well they always have haven't they?

Stick to this site and related ones.

David A Melges said:
Jim K said:

Have you noticed that every freaking photo mag, digital or film has
the usual end of year Review of all cameras. I can see one issue,
but it's going on the 3rd issue in a row for all of them with thier
stupid repeative Round-Ups, Buyers Guide, Best Picks, Etc. NOTHING
NEW! If you read one Buyers guide or Camera Year Review, yoy read
them all. Every freaking mag, for the past 3 months have been
milking this cr@p now! I am getting so sick of it. I wouldn't
subscribe to any of them becuase they all basically suck, repeat
the same articals, offer verry little useful information. Are they
having a contest which Photo Mag can Suk The Most????

Am I alone on this observation???

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

Click to expand...

--

C2100UZ, D600L and that 1.45x teleconverter lens(fits both cameras) Kenko 3X, DSP9000 PBase Supporter Dpreview supporter

Terry M · Nov 25, 2002

I've been an avid reader of Practical photography for almost a year now and find it WORLDS better than its American counterparts. Also, Photography Monthly is a new find. And Professional Photographer is one I anticipate reading if I can ever find one.

They are all British magazines!

I tried America's biggies (Pop Photo, Peterson's Photographic, American Photo, eDigital Photo, etc.) and they each let me down in some way or another. I think Peterson's the best American-made, but that's only relatively speaking.

digicammania · Nov 25, 2002

and they still don't feature most of the new models introduced at Photokina...

One of them introduced Dimage 7i as a brand new camera, about a month after the Dimage 7Hi came out...

But they are cheap, colorful, have pictures, and sometimes they may have useful information.... I got a three magazine bundle from the web for under $15 (Pop Photo, Photographic, American Photo). I don't think I would pay full subscription prices...

All the annual buyer's guides and such as material pasted from their last few issues...

Jim K said:
Have you noticed that every freaking photo mag, digital or film has
the usual end of year Review of all cameras. I can see one issue,
but it's going on the 3rd issue in a row for all of them with thier
stupid repeative Round-Ups, Buyers Guide, Best Picks, Etc. NOTHING
NEW! If you read one Buyers guide or Camera Year Review, yoy read
them all. Every freaking mag, for the past 3 months have been
milking this cr@p now! I am getting so sick of it. I wouldn't
subscribe to any of them becuase they all basically suck, repeat
the same articals, offer verry little useful information. Are they
having a contest which Photo Mag can Suk The Most????

Am I alone on this observation???

Regards!

--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

Simon Heath · Nov 26, 2002

Jim K said:
Tuba Paul wrote:
I like this page too but you can't exactly bring it with you in to
the bathroom. What better time to flip thru a mag while sitting on
the toilet?
Regards!

Yes, becuase if a mag's really that bad you can always use it to wipe if you run out of loo roll!

Simon

Jim K53618 said:
--
Every Camera Has Short Comings,
some camera's fall short of coming!
http://digitalphotonews.ws

--
http://www.pbase.com \heath1s

Simon Heath · Nov 26, 2002

You missed Amateur Photographer. It's been going over 100 years, and I belive will last another 100. They don't try to compete with the Net, and have less reviews of gear. They concentrate on technique, theory, and protfolio's with about 1 camera and or lens per week reviewed. It's also a weekly, down to the fact they have listing of hundreds of used items.

Simon

Terry M said:
I've been an avid reader of Practical photography for almost a year
now and find it WORLDS better than its American counterparts. Also,
Photography Monthly is a new find. And Professional Photographer is
one I anticipate reading if I can ever find one.

They are all British magazines!

I tried America's biggies (Pop Photo, Peterson's Photographic,
American Photo, eDigital Photo, etc.) and they each let me down in
some way or another. I think Peterson's the best American-made, but
that's only relatively speaking.

--
http://www.pbase.com \heath1s

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