jEdD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've seen several references here to Moose Peterson, and I've enjoyed
>his website.  One nagging question. Does he work for Nikon, or is he
>independent? I know he's a fine photographer...but I do wonder if his
>opinions about Nikon are truly unbiased (he did, of course, have a F-100
>for testing purposes long before the rest of us).

He does recommend at least one non-Nikkor lens on his website (at least
he used to, I haven't read it in a while) and is critical of some Nikon
equipment, including the SB-26.  That doesn't sound like someone who
is not independent.

Being a beta tester (it sounds like that is what he was to me) does not
imply a lack of independence either.  In fact, being a beta tester implies
independence.  When engineering a new product, testing is done in-house first
(alpha testing).  After passing the alpha stage it goes out to beta testers
outside of the company
where the beta testers use it in more realistic situations and gives feedback
on how the product held up.  I have been on engineering teams where I dealt
with beta testers and worked to solve design flaws that surfaced during
beta testing.

David Johnson

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