Question by CiaoChao: Do you think the photography mags are pressurised into overrating new equipment?
Do you find that perhaps that the photography media (both in print and online) are somewhat under pressure by the camera manufacturers to give positive reviews to their equipment.
As a magazine has to go to the manufacturer to get a camera to review, if they do give negative reviews, the camera manufacturer simply can decline to lend new equipment to the mags to review in the future.
Perhaps this is a general case of the media. If somebody gives bad press to a product the tend to lose privileges.
Best answer:
Answer by Lucy Libb
Of course they are no different than anything else they make more money off advertisers than they do people who buy the magazine!
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