Comments on: William Neill’s Yosemite – App and ebook review

By: Bob Anderson

Bob Anderson — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:15:49 +0000

Richard Benson’s position in the photographic heirarchy not withstanding I still love the smell of ink, the texture of paper and the presentation of the print….not to overlook the tactile joy of turning the pages while relaxing by the fireplace.

And while I have an iPad and enjoy some photographic “books” on the device I worry about those people brought up soley in the digital era who actually shun books and laugh nervously when confronted with …err, dare I say it aloud…”pay-puh”.

And already paper and even digital-media such as DVD’s are becoming unavailable: for example one of my favorites was “Lenswork” magazine and the extended versions on DVD. Now to save money but allegedly to “answer the needs of our audience” they will only offer their goods as a downloads. And LumiLandscape also only offers downloads “in order to save the planet resources”. So for a few pennies extra profit the Customer simply sees the image until it rots away into digital oblivion.

But that is OK….I have over 10,000 books and that should see me safely out of this tunnel.

Cheers All,
Bob

By: Tim Parkin

Tim Parkin — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:44:30 +0000

Just reviewing this myself and from a long comparison I think that it’s the iPad that might be correct, not the PDF or William’s website. Particularly images such as the lilies which shown green casts in the clouds and also the Aspens where the PDF and website show mucky greens and cyanic birch. Love the book though and a great review you’ve made.

By: Jim Goldstein

Jim Goldstein — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:15:16 +0000

QT Thanks for the thoughtful review. I appreciate the perspective in comparing the PDF and iPad version of the eBook.

By: Richard Wong

Richard Wong — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:23:32 +0000

Great review, QT. I too own Bill’s Yosemite book and it is one of my favorites. As nice as the digital medium is, I still don’t see myself not purchasing photo books. Photo books are great. The experience cannot be compared.