I was dismayed to get a letter several weeks ago that Photo Technique was
being folded into AP. I really liked PT. AP is definitely amateurish.
Maybe a little of PT's content will rub off on AP, or maybe they'll go to
biweekly.
Skip
At 6/19/99 11:33 AM +0100, you wrote:
>At 21:11 18/06/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>There's an article in the 15 May Amatuer Photography (UK) magazine about a
>>new, "unique" lens from Nikon. It's a 75-240/4-5.6. They got real excited
>>about this lens, like someone else hadn't done a similar focal length, . .
>>. . DUH, like the 85-250/5 Zuiko!? I think that some of the photo
>>journalists don't have enough to write about if this is what they lead with
>>on the "This Week" page.
>>
>>Skip
>
>
>I'm afraid the once respected AP has been reduced to the status of a comic
>in recent years. Most people only buy it for the adverts ( there's usually
>plenty of OM stuff for sale in there ). I think it's getting difficult to
>fill a weekly photo magazine these days. The AP's pro counterpart, the
>British Journal of Photography, has got similarly thin of late.
>
>Richard
>
>Richard Ross
>Hemel Hempstead, England
>rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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