At 06:04 AM 23/02/2007, William Robb wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" >Subject: Re: Pentax SMC 15mm f/3.5 on digital > > > I review specs, test reports, and ask/read people's opinions before I > > buy things too. I don't judge the items in question until I've > > actually used them. > >This is the conundrum of the modern photographer. >Back when people were willing to support their local camera store, it was >easy. You decided what you wanted, you went in to buy it. >If they had to special order it, then there was a delay, but ultimately, you >got to handle and try out the actual item you were going to purchase. >Now, no one wants to buy from a local shop, since they have the temerity to >charge a premium price for the pleasure of serving their customers. >So, we are stuck with online reviews of questionable merit, and buy products >based on the opinions of people who may or may not be photographers, and who >may, or may not (mostly not from the web reviews I have seen), have a clue >about how to run an equipment test. >And, we are increasingly being stuck with having to buy equipment sight >unseen from faceless big box vendors who don't care if we are happy with >what they are flogging or not, since there are a thousand other suckers that >day trying to buy other pieces of sight unseen junk based on reviews of >questionable merit. > >William Robb
Amen to that. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
