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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
"Tony Polson" wrote in message
... "Kinon O'Cann" wrote: If he's never touched the camera, or seen the output, what qualifies him to offer an opinion beyond what's in Nikon's press release? There is a precedent for this. 'Moose' Peterson wrote "reviews" of equipment he had never used in the "Nikon System Handbook". Having spent quite a lot of money on that reference book, I was disappointed to find that some of the reviews it contained had little or no basis in fact. I haven't read this book, but I completely agree with you. Some might say what he is doing is harmless, but look at his reviews of the Pentax cameras - a great company currently struggling in this competitive market. There are many aspects to the *ist ds that cannot be seen in technical specs. For example, Ken makes valid claims about the user interface, but because he hasn't tested the camera, he ignores many other aspects of the camera, which has attracted many people to buy it over the 300d and the d70 (not just pentax lenses). His review is dishonest - it's not a 'review' (preview at most) and it's certainly not a 'test', and it's obvious that he's put those words to up the hit counter and get some revenue, at the cost of other people's time. Not a massive crime by any means, and I still like to read his website, but irksome, nonetheless. Duncan. |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
"William Graham" wrote:
"Tony Polson" wrote in message .. . "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: Clearly, he has not touched a D200. Nobody outside of Nikon has. That doesn't make his opinion bad. I like reading his "reviews". By no means is he my only source of data, just one source. Recently, while carrying out a review of a new digital camera prior to its release, I looked at two very well known web review sites to see if anyone had made comments on the same camera. One web site had five reviews, and the other had twelve. Yet none of the seventeen reviewers had even seen the camera, let alone held it or used it. ;-) This is the phenomena called PCR, or psychic camera reviewing. Together with ESP and PSK, it completes the field of the known paranormal effects. William, That explanation makes a lot of sense. ;-) |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
"Duncan J Murray"
is.bit.uk wrote: I haven't read this book, but I completely agree with you. Some might say what he is doing is harmless, but look at his reviews of the Pentax cameras - a great company currently struggling in this competitive market. There are many aspects to the *ist ds that cannot be seen in technical specs. For example, Ken makes valid claims about the user interface, but because he hasn't tested the camera, he ignores many other aspects of the camera, which has attracted many people to buy it over the 300d and the d70 (not just pentax lenses). His review is dishonest - it's not a 'review' (preview at most) and it's certainly not a 'test', and it's obvious that he's put those words to up the hit counter and get some revenue, at the cost of other people's time. Not a massive crime by any means, and I still like to read his website, but irksome, nonetheless. Ken Rockwell and Moose Peterson are great entertainers. And that's all. ;-) |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
wrote in message ups.com... No, I'm not a photographer. I'm beyond 'photographer'. I'm not stupid enough to be a photographer. Ah, sure you are. No need for false modesty here. |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
wrote in message oups.com... I cannot even talk to photographers, because they are so ****ing stupid..... But you are, apparently, stupid enough to hang around in a NG that's full of them. Hmmm...... I bet you go to the beach and bitch and moan about the sand. |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
Duncan J Murray wrote:
How on earth does Ken Rockwell's 'test review' of the D200 get to first place on google? I thought google worked by counting the number of cross-referenced links to the web page to calculate it's page rank rating, and not the number of opinionated sentences per page. There is more to it: Why in earth does he appear with headers like "Nikon D90 test review" of "D80 test review" in google, only to say "This is a rumor, such camera does not exist, do not believe otherwise." Of course what he wants to achieve are... more clicks. Possibly he is being paid by the page hit numbers. Thomas |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
"Robert C." wrote in message
. .. "Tony Polson" wrote in message ... "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: Clearly, he has not touched a D200. Nobody outside of Nikon has. That doesn't make his opinion bad. I like reading his "reviews". By no means is he my only source of data, just one source. Recently, while carrying out a review of a new digital camera prior to its release, I looked at two very well known web review sites to see if anyone had made comments on the same camera. One web site had five reviews, and the other had twelve. Yet none of the seventeen reviewers had even seen the camera, let alone held it or used it. ;-) And for that matter, our own NG has had how many opinions posted on this camera without anyone yet having touched it? You should see the number of posts on DPReview, comparing image quality of the D200 to the Canon 5D. All by people who have not even seen the Nikon, and I'm betting a number of them haven't seen images actually taken by the Canon, either, outside of the samples posted by Canon. -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
In article , veldy71
@yahoo.com says... DD wrote: Okay, maybe he's not a hack. Maybe he's just a dork? Problem with this guy is that he talks out of his pie-hole and people lap it up as being gospel. Like his insistence that the 70-210mm zoom is better than the 80-200mm f/2.8. You sir, come across just as you accuse Ken. In what way? I don't talk crap like Ken Rockwell. Are you suggesting that he is correct in his many zany ideas onequipment? -- DD www.dallasdahms.com Central Scrutinizer |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
In article , veldy71
@yahoo.com says... Clearly, he has not touched a D200. Nobody outside of Nikon has. Somebody better tell our local crowd to stop taking their demo model around and showing it to all the distributors. -- DD www.dallasdahms.com Central Scrutinizer |
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'Test review of D200' by Ken Rockwell
"ThomasH" wrote in message
... Duncan J Murray wrote: How on earth does Ken Rockwell's 'test review' of the D200 get to first place on google? I thought google worked by counting the number of cross-referenced links to the web page to calculate it's page rank rating, and not the number of opinionated sentences per page. There is more to it: Why in earth does he appear with headers like "Nikon D90 test review" of "D80 test review" in google, only to say "This is a rumor, such camera does not exist, do not believe otherwise." Of course what he wants to achieve are... more clicks. Possibly he is being paid by the page hit numbers. Thomas Sort of: he's being paid by his advertising, so the more people he can direct to his site, the better chance he'll have of people clicking on the ads themselves, and that's where the money comes from. -- Regards, Matt Clara www.mattclara.com |
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