Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To redress the balance I think it only fair to point out that Britain does also put out Darkroom User, Professional Photographer and the redoubtable BJP (British Journal of Photography) which compare favourably with anything in the field out of the US. Comparisons may be odious but before flinging mud at Amateur Photographer I would also draw attention to Petersons Photographic and Shutterbug as preeminent US sources for the worse than useless type of equipment reviews AP aspires to. Unlike PP and SB, AP does regularly show great photographs too: the HCB special being just one of many. I don't remember ever seeing a great photograph in Shutterbug, which must surely have the space and the budget to include them. And if AP's lasses are 'B' what about SB's??? FWIW I subscribe to SB (for the ads), to Darkroom User, Photo Techniques (US), American Photographer (won't renew my sub to this though), PDN, and of course LHSA's Viewfinder. When in UK I might buy AP for the ads or the listings. Bests from sunny Shanghai (35 deg. C) Adrian Bradshaw Editorial and Corporate Photography Shanghai, China