To me those comments comprise an insipid ill considered summation. One which ignores its forward technology and, seemingly, is designed to trash its image by lumping it with lesser performers.
Jack --- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No but he claimed to get a pile of hate mail over his "hands > > on" review > > of the Pentax *ist-D or maybe it was the Ds, I can't remember > > which and > > can't be bothered to read his reviews section to find out.. > > ...isn't that rather a Ken-ish approach? > > I've just had a look at the review here: > http://www.kenrockwell.com/pentax/istD.htm > > and I must say it seems perfectly reasonable, albeit rather thin. He > gives the standard set of facts about the camera that you can get > anywhere, and says "I have only used it a little. It's a perfectly > swell camera. I will presume image quality is the same as the other > real DSLRs like the Nikon D100 and Canon 10D [...] By all means > consider this. It should be much better than any non-SLR". > > It's somewhat useless as a review, but he says he used it, but only a > little. I can see no reason for this to generate hate mail, or indeed > any reaction other than 'so what?'. > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > > Sent: 26 January 2008 09:42 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: K20D Kenny boy style > > > > No but he claimed to get a pile of hate mail over his "hands > > on" review > > of the Pentax *ist-D or maybe it was the Ds, I can't remember > > which and > > can't be bothered to read his reviews section to find out.. > > Anyway he > > doesn't seem to respond to criticism well. He doesn't seem to > > understand what a hands on review is, that you actually have > > to handle > > the equipment, not critique the marketing materials. I've seen him > > > quoted as an authoritative source on other forums which ticks > > me off no > > end. The guy is total a hack, (now I may be a hack but I > > don't pretend > > not to be, and I certainly don't have a website with a paypal > > donation > > setup to share dubious my expertise). > > > > Jack Davis wrote: > > > I wonder if he reads the PDML and as a result, is > > maladjusted enough to > > > publicly demean a camera system out of frustration at the > > criticism he > > > sees. > > > > > > Jack > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
