Bob W 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?'. > You're a couple years too late, Bob. The original "review" did not include "...and I must say it seems perfectly reasonable.....................By all means consider this...."
In place of that paragraph was a hit and run diatribe about how it can't compete with other cameras in it's price range, it' a day late, and how you shouldn't even consider the piece of crap and click my links at the bottom of the page to buy a Nikon. It generated, apparently, some well deserved hate mail. He pulled the same crap with 2 cameras at about the same time - D and Ds. I believe he has changed both "reviews". He's a charlatan and an idiot. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
