I never seen the origenal page myself, but I have seen quotes from it. There he admittes that he never had his hands on the D. I don't know if the quote was the real thing. I can't rememeber where I found this "origenal". But as I recall, it looked genuine to me.
Tim Typo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:04 PM Subject: Re: K20D Kenny boy style > 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. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.10/1241 - Release Date: > 24.01.2008 09:58 > > -- 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.
