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Speaking solely for myself, since I\'m a working photographer and a working writer writing for an audience of working photographers, I hear what you are saying, and all I can say to defend myself is that i do an honest job of reporting my findings. If a piece of equipment isnt up to snuff i will either not review it or point out the faults I find. But its always possible I as an individual will miss some problem that you or another person uncovers. This follows from the software truism that any bugs are obvious to 10,000 pairs of eyes. To follow up with what RD Kirk wrote above, there are a fair number of NDA covered alpha and beta testers who are PPA members and no doubt some of them are asked to participate in nominating and voting on the Hot One Awards. I dont know who is asked to participate in the HOA and even if I did how would i or the people who select HOA pa do not know what if any products they mi
