Jake Reaney
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Now that amazon dot com owns this site, you can't really expect objective views about any digital camera or any manufacturer's equipment. I wou;d recommend moving on!
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this site is tainted by corporate greed
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thw
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Vision3
Leading Member
uh, I said NO TEXT
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Vision3 (aka., Rich)
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phototext
Forum Enthusiast
All these people complaining about Phil "Selling out" etc etc. For gawds sake, get over yourself, boo hoo hoo !
I say congratulations to Phil and well done.
I say congratulations to Phil and well done.
Matthew Miller
Senior Member
I forget, does Amazon make Canon or Nikon cameras? Or is it Sony that they own? It's all so confusing.
Jake Reaney
Well-known member
what was the question, sir?
jake
ps - go suns!
jake
ps - go suns!
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Framer
Guest
I would have to agree...if I was a complete fool!
Well done Phil, less than ten years of hard work has paid off, good on you mate!
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cityphotog
Senior Member
the greed gets bigger when it comes from the little guy , while a big corporation is often more balanced. Whoever sold the forum (and the rest of the site but mainly the forum) made a deal using the people in it. That's not greed, that's something else, but still we're talking about money
why Canon kept some distance from this site? bigger distance lately?
there must be a reason...
why Canon kept some distance from this site? bigger distance lately?
there must be a reason...
celltech161
Senior Member
This site is tainted by total dumb masses like you.
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Framer
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Metal_Troll
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cityphotog
Senior Member
he didn't do it for free, as a matter of fact he just .. sold it
LOL
LOL
It's a good thing for a review site to be owned by a retailer.
If you had any doubt that dpreview was under "advertising pressure" from some camera maker, you can believe the tide has turned. All doubts are cleared.
All camera makers are to some degree at Amazon's mercy. Dpreview will be able to (or continue to be able to, belief depending) publish unfettered reviews.
If you had any doubt that dpreview was under "advertising pressure" from some camera maker, you can believe the tide has turned. All doubts are cleared.
All camera makers are to some degree at Amazon's mercy. Dpreview will be able to (or continue to be able to, belief depending) publish unfettered reviews.
caporip
Senior Member
I wonder how many more negative and speculative posts you are going to make about this sale?
More kit than i probably need.
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More kit than i probably need.
cityphotog
Senior Member
your opposite
let's pretend that you are a retailer. You know that you make more money on certain products and less money on other products.
guess which one you'll try to push?
I am a photographer and you ask me which is better a 4x6 print or 5x7?
I make 3 cents on the 4x6 and 25 cents on the 5x7 : guess which one I'll say it's better
but it gets even more complicated: in order to sell the hot stuff the distributors will make you buy the stuff you don't sell easily: let's pretend that I need 1000 1D mark III but in the order I have to include other products . The other products will receive stellar reviews and the forum will be filled with people reporting how fantastic the products are (you bet on that, wait and see).
and so on
independence is always a good thing (and a myth at the same time.. lately).
in any case I don't buy this independence at all costs from anything making money with the ads, but at least there was a "perception" of independence: today we all are under amazon and amazon do sell the stuff we're discussing about in here.
I will enjoy this opportunity to tell what I think until my name will be deleted . I used to read the imaging resource forum. Then Canon made a mistake about the price of the 1DIII. The site reported the price as Canon gave it to them. Then the price was corrected and the site ran to do the same, eheh like they work for Canon (directly I mean)
the sad part is that we (people and users) have eyes and we see things.
You can't say "I love you all, my beloved posters" and then do the opposite - not reporting a price adjustment means that you care about the relations with canon more than you do for the good of your readers and contributors
then this site goes to a on-line retailer.. great. Now what else can happen? B&H will still get good reviews in here? me thinks not (not likely, not right away but give it some time and you'll see...)
and don't get me wrong, B&H does it for the money just like everybody else, but at least I don't have to hear that they do it for the good of the people.
let's pretend that you are a retailer. You know that you make more money on certain products and less money on other products.
guess which one you'll try to push?
I am a photographer and you ask me which is better a 4x6 print or 5x7?
I make 3 cents on the 4x6 and 25 cents on the 5x7 : guess which one I'll say it's better
but it gets even more complicated: in order to sell the hot stuff the distributors will make you buy the stuff you don't sell easily: let's pretend that I need 1000 1D mark III but in the order I have to include other products . The other products will receive stellar reviews and the forum will be filled with people reporting how fantastic the products are (you bet on that, wait and see).
and so on
independence is always a good thing (and a myth at the same time.. lately).
in any case I don't buy this independence at all costs from anything making money with the ads, but at least there was a "perception" of independence: today we all are under amazon and amazon do sell the stuff we're discussing about in here.
I will enjoy this opportunity to tell what I think until my name will be deleted . I used to read the imaging resource forum. Then Canon made a mistake about the price of the 1DIII. The site reported the price as Canon gave it to them. Then the price was corrected and the site ran to do the same, eheh like they work for Canon (directly I mean)
the sad part is that we (people and users) have eyes and we see things.
You can't say "I love you all, my beloved posters" and then do the opposite - not reporting a price adjustment means that you care about the relations with canon more than you do for the good of your readers and contributors
then this site goes to a on-line retailer.. great. Now what else can happen? B&H will still get good reviews in here? me thinks not (not likely, not right away but give it some time and you'll see...)
and don't get me wrong, B&H does it for the money just like everybody else, but at least I don't have to hear that they do it for the good of the people.
cityphotog
Senior Member
but the deal came with a forum , and the only thing Amazon can do now is to delete the posts they don't like: still the original idea of a forum stays in the fact that every one can post freely. If you don't like it then you can delete the post, of course: but that's not a forum my friend a fellow poster.. that's something else...
and I see already the amazon forum police in action
LOL
and I see already the amazon forum police in action
LOL
Greg Gebhardt
Forum Pro
Only because you have never and will never be in Phiil's position can you not imagine doing what he did. I, in NO WAY, blame Phil for what he has done. Jealous is more the word to describe how I feel!
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