Comments on: Thom Hogan working on a “special surprise book”

By: Cluebat

Cluebat — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:01:14 +0000

FTL is more like it.

By: BrianO

BrianO — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:56:08 +0000

Thom, I think we all get what you are trying to say, that which the Nikon NDA is keeping you from saying, and I look forward to reading your D400 book!

By: BrianO

BrianO — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:53:15 +0000

Its going to be hilarious when Thom releases a book about the D400.

By: jason

jason — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:36:12 +0000

I totally agree. By this “disappointed” behaviour Thom himself has managed to combine the word negativity to his site. I really didn’t think he would create a debate about this – and as you stated: why say you’re working on a “surprise” and then deny anyone to speak about it???

Keep up the good work here at NR!

By: Char

Char — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:45:15 +0000

BTW something is wrong with your comment system. My comments do not appear as the last in row when I post them, the posts are not ordered by date.

By: Char

Char — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:43:43 +0000

The poll is pointless because I can not give the answers I want to give. They would be:

“You should have asked Thom before posting about the “special surprise book”

and

“You should post all the rumors except for those that are obviously crap or no rumors at all” (you had some such posts in the past, which was rather disappointing).

Unfortunately, you closed the comments on your poll, which is, I guess, kindof pointless.

By: WTF Thom

WTF Thom — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:33:47 +0000

So you are disappointed another site is speculating about something on your site? I don’t understand. That is a good thing. If he emailed you and got a response, the post he made would no longer be speculative, and then it definitely wouldn’t fit within Nikon Rumors’ genre. Not to mention, it wouldn’t be a surprise, so why say you have a surprise? Rather contradictory. Bottom line is, if you don’t like people speculating about what you are up to, why put up you have a surprise? If you put up that you have a surprise and then tell everyone; it’s not a surprise, so why say you have a surprise at all? Either tell us or don’t. Don’t get “disappointed” that someone didn’t email you about your “surprise”. Why would someone email you about a surprise you have? It’s a surprise, you’re not supposed to tell people what is it. You might as well just say; “Email me and ask me what I’m working on.” Not that you have a surprise, because you obviously don’t if you are gonna tell people what it is. Your whole disappointment and bashing of Nikon Rumors was unnecessary.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:37:29 +0000

If you read anything more than “Thom has a new book coming out that’s probably not about the latest hardware” then you rely way too much on NR’s posts. Perhaps the NR post was misleading, suggesting that this new book was about unreleased hardware but surely people can take a RUMORS site information with a grain of salt? You can all read Thom’s website for yourself and decide what his words mean. I visit Thom’s site frequently for quips and blurbs about equipment and photography in general and I probably would have glossed over the update if it weren’t for NR.

Perhaps the “publicity stun” comment could be mistaken for a stab at Thom’s reputation but come on now… when has the NR website offered poor information or degraded any resource? I guess this is the internet. Everyone is free to voice their opinion.

NR’s accuracy has generally been pretty accurate though the admin does get overexcited quite frequently as I’m sure many other people would. If you don’t like the quality of the website, just don’t visit. I for one will continue to visit and appreciate any information from the NR website.

By: Micah

Micah — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:52:04 +0000

By: Nik oN

Nik oN — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:01:01 +0000

GUYS!!!!! I think its ok to say anything on Nikon rumors ,fake pictures like the appel nikon lol ;this is what makes this pages cool to me .I check it evry day because I m waitin on the new pro or semi pro SLR from the yellow brand like evrybody;probably some nikon haters ,or some canon broken wallet people dont want Nikon to come out with a better camera than the 5 D MK II,that I also like( probably more in one year half price lol….)And I dont care about people that makes books about cameras ,since I like using my tools my own way and I think evrybody should try to use a new camera by hiself ,and complete with some advice that I choose myself,try it ;Nikon and other brand make cameras for pros that dont need to read the instruction books to use their new tool and keep on workin without delays.When I bought my D 300 I just opened the box and went shooting in about 10 min it was already familiar to me thats what its made for.!!People that makes books are not the Nikon ‘s products developpers they have nothing to teach me!!! and nothing to teach to nikon rumors that is doin it. really good and realisticly; keep doin the good job!!!!I I want my new D “watever” nbr it is ;they always be the first!!!! take care peace.

By: Thom

Thom — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:37:09 +0000

What makes you think I’m angry? I most certainly am not, nor do I think my tone in my original response is angry. As I pointed out elsewhere, the correct word is “disappointed.”

Given that the NR Admin has had previous email conversations with me, I simply found it strange that he was trying to read something into three silly words I wrote without even contacting me to ask if they meant what he thought (they don’t).

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:24:04 +0000

I’m buying Thoms book because of the samples on page 400 paragraph d

By: monty11

monty11 — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:34:55 +0000

That was a reply to Mike

By: monty11

monty11 — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:34:29 +0000

No, they usually don’t dare that in real life, so when they are “anonymous” on the web they let out everything they have bottled up.

By: monty11

monty11 — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:31:19 +0000

Based on your logic, this site shouldn’t be posting any newsbits about official announcements either, as they aren’t by any definition rumours.

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:18:42 +0000

Removing NR from my bookmarks based on this topic. Perhaps, someday, when you’ve gained maturity and an appreciation for reality and not the world as you see it, I will return.

Until then . . . Grow up.

By: alwin

alwin — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:13:22 +0000

I cant comment on the “Polls – NR feedback, please vote” post, so I do it here.

I have a suggestion: maybe you can do a system like canonrumors.com with its CR1/CR2/CR3 for how good the source is. Then you can still post all the rumors you want, but at the same time let us know how likely you think the rumor is.

By: papirin

papirin — Sun, 17 May 2009 16:12:43 +0000

My opinion if the rumor is about any Nikon product or a product in general post it no matter what, but in the rumor or speculation or what ever it’s, involved a person directly like in this case then is good to corroborate the info.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:33:45 +0000

I think the point is that those people with such ‘colourful’ posts dont interact with others in real life becasue of there poor manor and thus have to make a referrral to the internet.
IMO I think it is the right of the admin/s to post what ever they wish (so long as it is not offencive or infinging of anything) and personaly I enjoy posts such as this.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

By: Bashar

Bashar — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:44:25 +0000

The post by Thom IS EXACTLY WHY I HATE DPR and the people who hang in there, they are Rude, Aggressive, Opinionated and stuck UP, INCLUDING THOM…