Pop has definitely hit the skids since John Owen took over as editor-in-chief. Everything in the mag is very, very dumbed-down. I wish it had some serious competition.
Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So ... this morning I picked up a copy of Popular > Photography, August > 2005, for the first time in years. Ostensibly for > the two page > article mentioned regarding "undocumented tips about > the Pentax *ist > DS!!!" but really simply because I haven't read one > in years and > wanted to verify how good or bad the rag was now. > > The 10 "undocumented" tips about the *ist DS is just > bullshit. Every > single one of these things is in the instruction > manual. > > The rest of the magazine, once you filter out the > hundreds of pages > of advertisements and 'tests' which are nothing but > thinly disguised > advertisements too, represents about 8 minutes of > reading time, and > isn't particularly enlightening to boot. A complete > waste of $5, in > my opinion, unless you consider it as good package > stuffing in which > case it's a complete waste of $4. > > --- > I also picked up the latest issue of Lenswork a week > ago. I've been > reading it every day since I got it, a little at a > time. Few > advertisements, beautiful and interesting > photographs to study, > thoughtful interviews with photographers discussing > the craft and > their experiences, etc. I may actually buy a > subscription ... I've > read the last four issues cover to cover and have > not regretted the > purchases at all. They're worth saving. > > Godfrey > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
