Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes, because the interests of the magazine's readership and advertisers are sometimes at conflict, some degree of editorial skepticism is warranted. in practical terms, however, the percentage of advertising revenue from leica is probably de minimus. from purely advertising perspective, it would more likely be in the magazine's interest to steer readers away from the M8 towards the slew of me-too cameras that fill the advertising pages, or best yet, to ignore the M8 completely. -rei On Dec16 12:59, Walt Johnson wrote: > Rei > > The photo magazines make a lot of money from their industry advertisers. > Do you really think they would chance that just to be honest? > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > >(link is below) > > > >reasonable capsule review, though ocasionally misses the point > >such as "the camera stores the selected (or automatically > >chosen) shutter speed in that EXIF data, but strangely, > >aperture information is not recorded even when using > >the latest lenses" -- gee whiz, there is no coupling that > >transmits the aperture ring setting... > > > >the review also discusses the drama of the IR magenta cast, > >the UV filter "fix" and so on. > > > >most interstingly they give the camera high marks for > >"stellar low-light performance" where tina's side-by-side > >tests were not so complimentary. > > > >-rei > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Google Alerts <googlealerts-noreply@google.com> > >To: rei.shinozuka@gmail.com > >Subject: Google Alert - "leica camera" > >Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:46:21 -0800 (PST) > > > >Camera Test: Leica M8 > >Popular Photography Magazine - USA > >By Michael J. McNamara. Leica camera owners are a special breed that > >casual > >photographers can't understand. For the uninitiated, the ... > ><http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3535/camera-test-leica-m8.html> > > > >This as-it-happens Google Alert is brought to you by Google... > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >Remove this Google Alert: > >http://www.google.com/alerts/remove?s=EAAAADyjTqrxULea30gROdSresM&hl=en > > > >Create another Google Alert: > >http://www.google.com/alerts?hl=en > > > >Sign in to manage your alerts: > >http://www.google.com/alerts/manage?hl=en > >-rei > > > >----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey