IWC Doppel Posted February 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 6, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Very frustrating.... My membership ran out end of 2012, given paying £20 and awaiting for instalments was not attractive, I have not subscribed again until now. I strongly feel the ongoing membership should be small not £20 a year. It's still clumsy flash and it's down or certainly not working on my iMAC, I do wish I hadnt bothered Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted February 6, 2014 Share #2 Posted February 6, 2014 I subscribed a while ago, but gave up after a year. I read all I was interested in fairly quickly, and there were nowhere near enough new articles to justify resubscribing. I agree about the interface, very poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted February 6, 2014 Share #3 Posted February 6, 2014 Stopped paying for the same reasons. Reading, and trying to evaluate images, in that tiny Flash window just isn´t worth the trouble. Too bad, really, because the contents were high quality, and would have been well worth the subscription cost in itself. But the nuisance experienced is just too much…. Another thing that bugs me a lot: once you stop paying, all the info in the old instalments you´ve already paid for are unavailable as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Valdemar Posted February 6, 2014 Share #4 Posted February 6, 2014 There are more free reviews and camera commentary online these days that no one person could even keep up with them. Why pay this hack for reading a measly bunch of nonsense? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgenper Posted February 6, 2014 Share #5 Posted February 6, 2014 There are more free reviews and camera commentary online these days that no one person could even keep up with them. Why pay this hack for reading a measly bunch of nonsense? Come, come…. Whatever SR is, he is not a ´hack´. And his texts are very far from nonsense. The problem lies entirely with the awkward method of presentation, not with contents. I wish the same could be said for most of those free reviews and commentaries….. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted February 6, 2014 Share #6 Posted February 6, 2014 Why pay this hack for reading a measly bunch of nonsense? I think that's grossly unfair. There may not be enough there for me to subscibe, but he isn't a hack, and what he writes isn't nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Valdemar Posted February 6, 2014 Share #7 Posted February 6, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) The "pay subscription" model for internet content has clearly failed, in 99% of instances. Even major newspapers and content providers can't make a profitable go of it. If you want to pay him for reading his content and you feel it is valuable to you, that is your perogative. Maybe he is not a "hack" but I certainly don't think his material is unique. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted February 6, 2014 Share #8 Posted February 6, 2014 Actually pay subscriptions are coming back big time The free stuff is heavy advertisement sponsored or just opinionated Dpreview is the biggest joke. It's held up as a reference source but is owned and sponsored by clear commercial interests. The interests I like BTW, just not the independence if the site I really miss Putts ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted February 6, 2014 Share #9 Posted February 6, 2014 I also gave up on him. His reviews were OK, quite interesting sometimes, but you'd have to be severely hungry for one more review on top of everything else that's so freely available to want to pay good money for such a frustratingly clunky site. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcraf Posted February 6, 2014 Share #10 Posted February 6, 2014 Me too. Subscriptions soon mount up, and it's the survival of the fittest for my lazy nature!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Bachmann Posted February 6, 2014 Share #11 Posted February 6, 2014 When I purchased my Leica, I subscribed to SR and it was well worth it. For the first 6 months I combed through the M9 and other lens reviews. I believe it was the sole reason why I ended up with some great second hand lenses, both CV and Leica. That said, I have not renewed for two reasons: there were not many more lens review updates and after a year, I ended up with a set of lenses that I am very happy with. It was well with the initial subscription, but I can understand the reservations expressed here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 6, 2014 Share #12 Posted February 6, 2014 I really miss Putts ... Puts' archive is gone but he still posts here, albeit infrequently and his gear reviews reflect a new perspective. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalArts 99 Posted February 7, 2014 Share #13 Posted February 7, 2014 Puts' archive is gone fwiw, you can get many of those archives here: Internet Archive Wayback Machine (click on the Jan 16 date.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted February 7, 2014 Share #14 Posted February 7, 2014 Cool. I wonder how some get retrieved and others not. ?? Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted February 7, 2014 Share #15 Posted February 7, 2014 When I purchased my Leica, I subscribed to SR and it was well worth it. For the first 6 months I combed through the M9 and other lens reviews. I believe it was the sole reason why I ended up with some great second hand lenses, both CV and Leica. That said, I have not renewed for two reasons: there were not many more lens review updates and after a year, I ended up with a set of lenses that I am very happy with. It was well with the initial subscription, but I can understand the reservations expressed here. My sentiments exactly. A fantastic resource when on that steep learning and lens-buying curve but less so now I have a substantial Leica system. And yes the interface is a major pain but probably helps protect his content. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdriceman Posted February 8, 2014 Share #16 Posted February 8, 2014 I like his reviews, the fact that he tries to be objective and is obviously not influenced by generating advertising $$ or hits on merchant links. I also think its worth the $35 - at least for my interest. But, I gave up on him and let my subscription lapse because his site doesn't work on my ipad and is really cumbersome to use even on the computer. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted February 8, 2014 Share #17 Posted February 8, 2014 I agree with others here: high quality, objective reviews and some other useful content but the interface and dearth of new material of interest was enough to let my subscription lapse a few years ago. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted February 12, 2014 Share #18 Posted February 12, 2014 I discussed the terrible interface with him (by email) a year or so ago, and I how I couldn't read his content on my iPad. He had been advised that Flash was the only feasible way to protect his content. I can't believe that's true, but that's what he had been told. I would resubscribe if I could download what I want to read onto my iPad, and read it at my leisure (offline). The sad thing is that his subscriptions are clearly suffering because he's worried about losing control of his content - so no one is reading it ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdriceman Posted February 13, 2014 Share #19 Posted February 13, 2014 I discussed the terrible interface with him (by email) a year or so ago, and I how I couldn't read his content on my iPad. He had been advised that Flash was the only feasible way to protect his content. I can't believe that's true, but that's what he had been told. I would resubscribe if I could download what I want to read onto my iPad, and read it at my leisure (offline). The sad thing is that his subscriptions are clearly suffering because he's worried about losing control of his content - so no one is reading it ... I wonder how much business he have to lose before he accepts that the risk of losing revenues (a real and mostly quantifiable risk) is a bigger threat to his business than the risk of losing control of his content (an esoteric and difficult to quantify risk). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 13, 2014 Share #20 Posted February 13, 2014 Acquaintances in hacking circles advise me that Flash only protects against casual theft and is easy to circumvent for the expert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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