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
