Re: [APML] Re: Japanese astronomical magazine

["Chris Cook" <chris@cookphoto.com>]

I wonder who?  Humm...........

Another problem about the magazine reviews is the fact that the Internet is
so much faster.  Stuff is reviewed online days after the product becomes
available to the public.  Time the magazine reviews it, its almost old news.
I know that if I'm interested in purchasing a product, I so a search on the
net or post a thread to a email group not wait for or dig through magazines.
Maybe the rags should cut the reviews all together and concentrate on other
types of articles or including more photos.... <G>


Chris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barnes" <sbarnes@skyoptics.net>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: RE: [APML] Re: Japanese astronomical magazine


> I have heard from reliable sources that the lack of "critical" reviews is
> due in part to the latigious society we live in. (Ie. if they print a poor
> review then they may face a lawsuit (in fact I have heard that one "major"
> company in particular has threatened this before).
>
> Steve Barnes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
> [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Vaughn
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:41 AM
> To: Wei-Hao Wang; Discussion of Film Astrophotography
> Subject: Re: [APML] Re: Japanese astronomical magazine
>
>
> Wei-Hao,
>
> A long standing gripe of mine going back to the early days of APML is
> that S&T and Astronomy do not provide useful equipment  reviews .
> What passes for reviews in these magazines are a disservice to the
> amateur community. The excuse that they can't provide in depth and
> critical reviews because these same manufacturers advertise in their
> pages is invalid. Other hobby magazines provide these kinds of
> reviews for their readers.
>
> This is one of several reasons why I don't subscribe to S&T or
> Astronomy anymore.
>
> Chuck
>
> --------------------------
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here is an example of a test report on Temmon Guide:
> > http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~wang/misc/FSQ_test_report.jpg
> > I believe the information it provides is much more useful and
> > accurate comparing to test reports on other magazines.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Wei-Hao
> >
> > --
> > ________________________________________________________________
> > Wei-Hao Wang  :)
> >
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> >
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