11-15-2019, 08:46 AM
To put it bluntly and possibly harsh, Markus: Life happens to all of us. When I had to take a break from work due to medical reasons, my boss also had to find a way to get my work at least partly done. But OL just expresses "it's a hobby anyway, we're not making money out of it and all possible sales numbers are decreasing as well, so who cares?"
As much as I hope things will calm down in your life, even out and the sun is shining again, as much I also have to say: until that happens it will possibly be too late to build up another reputation regarding Nikon than the current "pass on, there's nothing new to see here".
But we're not totally without infomation, YouTube "reviews" are spreading and every short time another "new reviewer" pops up and spreads his mostly meaningless opinions all over the place. So, there is a need for clean, reliable and possibly objective facts. And there still are sites delivering it. But numbers and scales are not the only characteristics counting, some could not become rated. The longer I take photos, the more I believe in "go and rent it and find your own summary or conclusion"
On the other hand: On Nikon's DSLR side there's not much going on. On Nikon's mirrorless side there are close to no alternatives to a rather limited lens selection - either one accepts the higher prices or looks for other mirrorless systems. I actually don't need any review about the manual focus 35 or 50 mm shards for the Z-system. 3rd party lenses for DSLR (and adapted to Z) I also can find in the rather vivid Canon section. They will not perform worse on Nikon except on some characteristics OL doesn't/can't test.
However, we as possible customers and you as a service website can ask ourselves: Was it a really good idea to do and to consume all this hours of work for free? And as soon as advertisement income decreases, the whole model goes South? Most serious photographic magazines cost around 10-20 $ per issue. New lenses are continuously pouring in. But it has been a while since I was excited about a certain one.
As much as I hope things will calm down in your life, even out and the sun is shining again, as much I also have to say: until that happens it will possibly be too late to build up another reputation regarding Nikon than the current "pass on, there's nothing new to see here".
But we're not totally without infomation, YouTube "reviews" are spreading and every short time another "new reviewer" pops up and spreads his mostly meaningless opinions all over the place. So, there is a need for clean, reliable and possibly objective facts. And there still are sites delivering it. But numbers and scales are not the only characteristics counting, some could not become rated. The longer I take photos, the more I believe in "go and rent it and find your own summary or conclusion"
On the other hand: On Nikon's DSLR side there's not much going on. On Nikon's mirrorless side there are close to no alternatives to a rather limited lens selection - either one accepts the higher prices or looks for other mirrorless systems. I actually don't need any review about the manual focus 35 or 50 mm shards for the Z-system. 3rd party lenses for DSLR (and adapted to Z) I also can find in the rather vivid Canon section. They will not perform worse on Nikon except on some characteristics OL doesn't/can't test.
However, we as possible customers and you as a service website can ask ourselves: Was it a really good idea to do and to consume all this hours of work for free? And as soon as advertisement income decreases, the whole model goes South? Most serious photographic magazines cost around 10-20 $ per issue. New lenses are continuously pouring in. But it has been a while since I was excited about a certain one.