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Nikon Neglect?
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I'm not frustrated. But I'm tired to read the excuse of "life happens and therefore no longer Nikon reviews". Life happens to all of us and part of life is to find different ways and solutions to upcoming problems. Here, however, I see only standstill. I'm talking of OL as site owner, not of Markus, not of Klaus who keeps reviews coming.

If there's a wish of PZ/OL to continue Nikon lens testing, it would be an idea to reach out for help, unless the site owners are convinced that this can only be done by Markus.

And it's not as if Nikon would be hammering out 3 lenses a week. Of course it's a lot of work and of course I also appreciate what has been done in the past. There's also passion involved. But I also recall that Klaus sometimes complained that OL pays on top to publish new reviews. This is not ok and should not be the case, but what kind of reason a Nikon owner would currently have to donate? Except researching for old lens models tested on dated bodies?

So, as suggestions:

Why not ask for a small amount of money on a regular basis and make us pay for what we consume? Certain magazines or newspapers allow me to dowload articles - after I paid a small fee.
In a non-Paypal way as I will not use a company which has a reputation of weird business behaviour.
In the early days the lenses were borrowed to PZ by readers which then would at least solve the loss of money by renting it from a company or buy and sell at a loss. But even if I would borrow some of my lenses to Markus: When would he find the time to review? For how long would I be without them?

The basic decision will be: Should OL run the site as a side-hobby? Then we are spoilt already, but what about the motivation of Klaus and Markus (I don't recall the third guy the "donations" article is taking about)? Or should it make money? Then some things need to be handled differently than now. Or just leave it like it is, ignore the critics and keep on doing reviews for fun?

What surprises me is that Markus usually doesn't participate in discussions, but occassionally shows a lifesign when the question of "no new Nikon reviews?" appears. What kind of motivation is needed to start the propeller and how can we help?
  


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Nikon Neglect? - by Nikkor Noct - 11-15-2019, 02:46 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-15-2019, 06:08 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-15-2019, 07:51 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by mst - 11-15-2019, 08:02 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-15-2019, 08:46 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Klaus - 11-15-2019, 09:26 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-15-2019, 10:15 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by thxbb12 - 11-15-2019, 11:35 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-15-2019, 11:59 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-15-2019, 11:58 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-15-2019, 01:30 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by thxbb12 - 11-15-2019, 12:23 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-15-2019, 12:30 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by thxbb12 - 11-15-2019, 01:40 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-15-2019, 02:03 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by thxbb12 - 11-15-2019, 02:16 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-15-2019, 03:40 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-15-2019, 03:44 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by mst - 11-15-2019, 05:50 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-16-2019, 10:07 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by toni-a - 11-15-2019, 06:52 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Klaus - 11-15-2019, 10:08 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by mst - 11-15-2019, 10:17 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-16-2019, 07:26 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-17-2019, 06:49 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Klaus - 11-17-2019, 09:31 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-17-2019, 09:31 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-18-2019, 09:01 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-18-2019, 10:35 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-18-2019, 11:23 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-18-2019, 12:51 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by mst - 11-18-2019, 02:10 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-17-2019, 10:46 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-17-2019, 11:12 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-17-2019, 11:34 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-17-2019, 11:37 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-17-2019, 11:54 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-17-2019, 01:23 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-18-2019, 09:18 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-18-2019, 09:42 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-18-2019, 11:59 AM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-18-2019, 01:17 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-18-2019, 02:34 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-18-2019, 06:14 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-18-2019, 01:43 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-18-2019, 02:07 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-18-2019, 05:53 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-18-2019, 08:48 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-18-2019, 09:12 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by JJ_SO - 11-18-2019, 09:31 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by davidmanze - 11-18-2019, 10:00 PM
RE: Nikon Neglect? - by Brightcolours - 11-19-2019, 08:29 AM

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