Re: Cyanotype Rex - a disappontment to say the least..
Hi Katherine,
Congratulations! It must be our time for
Grace(s).
The reason I purchased this particular PDF was to
disprove my own opinions of the man rather than the process itself. When I
read it I was awash with disappointment. The document is about as
informative as his emails and is really something I would expect from a
first year student rather than an elder 'professor'. For me,
this author has feet of clay. There is far more important information
freely available ( from Ware for instance) on the web and I just
don't understand how the cost of this particular method was
determined.
I think PDN is different in that it does break new
ground; It is very comprehensive, it does do what is promised and it does
have dynamic content (programming, spreadsheets etc.). And there is support
of course from the author..
Regards,
David
H
On Sep 22 2006, Katharine Thayer wrote:
David, this just reinforces my long-established personal policy: $15
is the absolute top price I would pay for a pdf.
It also
contradicts the idea, sometimes asserted here, that you get
what you
pay for. Of course that's not necessarily true; some of the
best
information is free and some of the worst information is
available
only at a price.
BTW, a grand-niece added recently to my family
is named Emily Grace.
Must be something in the air...
Katharine
On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:00 AM,
davidhatton@totalise.co.uk wrote:
> I would just like to
express my dismay after reading the cyanotype
> rex PDF from Terry
King. For those of you who were thinking of
> buying this
document, I suggest you think again. I gave the author
> the
benefit of the doubt given his 'years of contributions to the
> art and science of photography'. I wish now that I hadn't.
There is
> nothing in the document that is not available elsewhere
(on the
> Internet) for free. If you really think you need to have
the secret
> ask me and I'll tell you. It would take
approximately 4 lines of
> text to explain it to the depth to
which the author takes the
> process..Heck, not even that! I am
bitterly disappointed with the
> publication and can only assume
that others who have purchased it
> are too polite to say so too.
So if you have 30 bucks to spare, buy
> some Oxalate with
it..:)
Regards,
David H
>