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\n<\/a>ETHICS STATEMENT:<\/strong> I do not do camera reviews for manufacturers. Ever. I have at times been hired by companies like DJI to do presenting on their launch videos or Miller for “look at” videos but these are not reviews. They offer no opinion. My camera reviews, like this one, are always independent, never compromised by anyone and are mostly done on cameras I have actually bought, like this one. They are generally done entirely in my free time for little or no financial compensation.<\/p>\n

I do have website affiliates as you can see here. These are not ads, they are click-throughs and they help the site keep going and any purchases through them cost you nothing but help greatly.<\/p>\n

Occasionally I get subsidised by CVP.COM, dealers in the UK, which do help but only cover a fraction of the cost of my time in making these. Making these reviews generally take at least 2 solid weeks of work (this review actually took over 3 weeks of solid work, not including the filming chunks for The Wonder List of course!), the Blackmagic Pocket Camera 3 part review was at least twice that. This is the main reason why they are so infrequent, I simply can’t give the time to make them, even though I enjoy making them. Financially I cannot take two weeks off to make reviews. I have tried using Vimeo Tip Jar, sadly it doesn’t work, rarely bringing in much more than $200 a time a review.<\/p>\n

I will also most likely to any future reviews as Vimeo On Demand for a set period of time before releasing them. I tried the donation route with Vimeo Tip Jar and now GoFundMe <\/a>with little success. My attempt at using Patreon was met with hostility by some so I am going to shut that down. If they are to continue this seems like the next step to try…that or just don’t do anymore! I didn’t want to go down the “exclusive” for people who pay route but it may work out as they only way….we shall see!
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This isn’t about getting rich or any such nonsense, like the affiliate ads on this site it’s about making ends meet, paying the bills and keeping my business going. The money would have helped me bring in people to assist with shooting\/ editing too.<\/p>\n

The gofundme is still there<\/a>, to essentially help cover the costs of this review and help me start up the next one.<\/p>\n

I don’t like asking people for help, even though I am asked to help people countless times each day, it’s just a shame that some people find the thought of me actually asking for money to help make these to be wrong. I do hope you enjoy it though as I put so much into it! It’s been 7 years of camera reviews and it would be sad to say goodnight to them.<\/p>\n

Thank you for watching this and all my other reviews dating back to April 2008 with the Sony EX3!!<\/p>\n

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