jack palmer
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Ken gets paid money every time someone posts one of these threads and sends web traffic his way. He's probably bought a new car by now from all the help from this site and photo.net alone.
That's a good thing right?
Ken gets paid money every time someone posts one of these threads and sends web traffic his way. He's probably bought a new car by now from all the help from this site and photo.net alone.
Ken gets paid money every time someone posts one of these threads and sends web traffic his way. He's probably bought a new car by now from all the help from this site and photo.net alone.
Hey, I'm just getting a kick out of his dramatic style - concerning the comparison of RF and SLR lenses. He shows a VC 4/21 and a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM. Besides the fact that the lens on the left is a prime and the one on the right is a zoom... And the prime is also one of the smallest RF lenses available... Basically two extremes!
Don't compare, say, just two primes or anything. Or a more typical M lens.
He's just funny, in a Steve-O sort of way. 😉
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The RF vs. DSLR size difference is exactly what attracted me to RF's in the first place, and it is what keeps me shooting film.
I dunno. I think Keith should offer himself up to do Leica commercials as the "Leica Man." The rugged exterior. The leather Barmah. Surrounded by heavy metal. MIG welder in one hand, M9 with Noctilux .95 in the other. Commercials would have to be shot in Oz, of course. That much testosterone and heavy metal should sell a million M9s.
And, Keith, of course, gets to keep the props. :angel:
Good to see he's taken a step out, hope that Amazon will give him to freedom to continue as I doubt a lot of M9s will move through them.
I found it rather enjoyable satire - you guys need to lighten up a bit!what the hell was that?! 😱
i was defending this guy in the past - but this is too much...
I found it rather enjoyable satire - you guys need to lighten up a bit!
Strictly speaking, affiliate ads don't generate kickbacks. All that happens is that you insert a unique ID in the link so the vendor can identify the site that generated the referral. In my own experience, the payoff from Amazon on books is a very few pennies on the dollar.
Affiliate ads are a common and very widespread practice. Rockwell's "help support my family' pitch might annoy some, but, in fact, it is considered good blogging behavior to make your use of affiliate ads quite obvious. There are more than a few sites that collect affiliate fees and do not disclose that.
FWIW, Amazon is cutting off affiliate ads for sites located in states that actually do collect state sales tax on online transactions.
Whether or not the lure of affiliate fees tempts bloggers to skew their reviews and recommendations is an open question. Personally, I think the fees are too small to prompt much prevarication. The real threat to the integrity of online reviews comes from actual kickbacks to bloggers in pre-arranged deals with sellers and manufacturers. E.g., ship someone a $3000 inkjet for review with the understanding that the reviewer need never return it. It happens.