Amazon.com acquiires dpreview

[bob cole]

A report from a Leica site:

http://www.dpreview.com/

 

[Joe Mondello]

I think its great that Phil Askey has been able to take a hobby and turn it into such a going concern.

Not sure what the acquisition will mean long term, but the somewhat smaller acquisition of RFF by CameraQuest seems to be fine, in fact a good thing, so I hope the same is true at DPR.

 

[GeneW]

dpreview.com is a good site for reviews. The discussions get a bit ... whatever ... but the reviews are top notch. If the acquision helps Phil and crew do more reviews, that'll benefit those of us who use the site.

Gene

 

[sooner]

Dpreview is the only site I can think of that provides such in depth and critical reviews. I mean, most sites give good info but totally "wuss" on being critical for fear of losing sponsors or cooperation from the camera companies. I really like and trust Askey's reviews. It makes me very nervous to hear of this acquisition. Just look what's happened to network news, after all. Only time will tell.....

 

[kshapero]

Will they move to Brazil?

 

[BillBingham2]

Phil has always done a great job, a true 2nd Generation Internet Success (post bubble bursting). While I can see why the head bartender got this site, I'm baffled as to why Amazon wanted dpreview. I'm a bit concerned that Amazon might not let him say what ever he wants, only time will tell.

B2 (;->

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I don't understand why Amazon would want to do that. The reviews in their own realm are some of the most unreliable (from top-notch to out-of-the-arse) I've ever read.

Oh.