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I think he's been asked hundreds of times - he's worried about people stealing content (rightly) and hasn't found a better way of doing it which he trusts.I agree that Sean's reviews are great but very difficult to read due to formatting, etc. Has anyone asked him if he could change his site? I certainly will but wonder if there are enough paying members who might ask him about this.
Please work faster. Flash is an annoying PITA to anyone with an iPad or iPhone or who values long battery life on their Apple laptop.I think he's been asked hundreds of times - he's worried about people stealing content (rightly) and hasn't found a better way of doing it which he trusts.
I'm working on him slowly
As I said before, if he doesn't trust me as his paying customer to use his material in the way that I might use ANY review material, available anywhere else, then why should I be bothered to deal with him?I think he's been asked hundreds of times - he's worried about people stealing content (rightly) and hasn't found a better way of doing it which he trusts.
I'm working on him slowly
Godfrey, you've got a good point, that I suspect Sean really doesn't understand. He asks his subscribers not to say what is in his reviews, but the real value of a review is as a discussion-starter. And testing a review by comparing its results with the observations of others is, among other values, the only way to understand it.As I said before, if he doesn't trust me as his paying customer to use his material in the way that I might use ANY review material, available anywhere else, then why should I be bothered to deal with him?
Reviews are topical, short term bits of information that I want to be able to mine for data, annotate, and references in discussion. Reviews are of no value whatever if they can only be looked at through a peephole in the locked basement bathroom of a building set in the Alaskan tundra with sign on the door saying, "This property condemned ... Enter at your own risk."
Sean should be more concerned with expanding the number of people who know his work, see it, use it, and talk about it with others. Instead, he puts the major focus of his efforts into locking out potential thieves, cutting off honest users who might otherwise get fair value from it.
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I see Mr. Reid as a photographer first, tester/reviewer second, and publisher a distant third. It appears to me that he is more interested in protecting his work from the flagrant dehumanization that occurs to most content that is posted publicly on the internet than in maximizing its monetary value. (This post, for example, will quickly be copied into databases by companies that seek to make money off any value I may have created, without my explicit consent or any consideration.) I think that European lawyers refer to that as "moral property," as opposed to real, chattel, or intellectual, and Reid seems to place more value in it than monetary profit. Yes, I'd prefer a different format for his work, but the value he creates is worth the hassle for me. It might not be for someone else. There's no right or wrong here, as we all have our own preferences with information sources just as we all go our own ways with cameras and lenses, and I think the same applies to his choices in running his own publication. There's nothing wrong with expressing disapproval or disagreement, of course, but claiming that he doesn't understand the ramifications of his choices seems like a stretch.Godfrey, you've got a good point, that I suspect Sean really doesn't understand. He asks his subscribers not to say what is in his reviews, but the real value of a review is as a discussion-starter. And testing a review by comparing its results with the observations of others is, among other values, the only way to understand it.
scott
Firmware update for M246? Where?Just thought I would mention that there is a new FW update for the M246 and this is even before one has been delivered.
Egor has published a second article on the MM246 now. Well worth reading too.HI There
I think this is a great article - detailed, carefully done, beautifully written, informative.
Ultrasomething Monochrom Review
HI ScottGodfrey, you've got a good point, that I suspect Sean really doesn't understand. He asks his subscribers not to say what is in his reviews, but the real value of a review is as a discussion-starter. And testing a review by comparing its results with the observations of others is, among other values, the only way to understand it.
scott
Hi There KirkRe: GrEGORy's review: Though I found it exhaustively prolix (which is a redundancy to mirror the article), I noticed a point that's been overlooked in the comments above about 12/14-bits:
He claims to have looked very carefully for reduction in midrange tonality as a result of the bit reduction. As Godfrey mentioned, you'd have to do a very technical analysis to be 'scientific' about this; but Egor is pretty darned sure there's no difference that's visible in prints.
I'm interested in pixel-peepin' only to the extent it applies to printed image quality, so this is a good omen – though I don't recall his saying what size prints he made and viewed (and I'm not going to wade through all those words again to check). I hope someone will check out his observation. My own concern is for prints on 17x22" paper.
Kirk
HI VivekWhen a brand is elevated like that then that is death for photography even when one gets its for free to write reviews.
I recently replaced my old faithful Epson R2400 with a new P600. I have been testing print output ... I think my older cameras have all picked up another stop or so of dynamic range—printing on the same papers!—and a noticeable improvement in microcontrast as well.Hi There Kirk
ThighSlapper has done some printing on the LUF forum - he's very pleased.
Is this something bad that needs a fix?So I'm curious if Leica will have a fix for the mesh pattern that appears when you push a file in LR..
It's noticeable at iso12500.Is this something bad that needs a fix?
I haven't seen it..
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