Going Out of Business – Prescott, AZ – Fujifilm X-T5 – “ 1970’s Summer” RecipeĭPReview had its time and place, but I think its demise was inevitable. After all, the many websites with affiliate links back to Amazon-which includes Fuji X Weekly-probably drive more sales nowadays than DPReview does.
Now that Amazon has a clear hold on that market-which has been a shrinking market over the last decade-DPReview has run its course and is no longer worthwhile to its giant parent company.
I’m sure that DPReview drove a lot of sales for them, and helped Amazon become one of the largest-if not the largest-camera seller in the world. I suppose it makes sense that Amazon would want to own a camera tech website at the peak of digital camera sales. I was still shooting film when that purchased happened (and I think the only thing I had ever ordered from Amazon by that time was used school books), so it’s understandable that I didn’t notice. I’m not afraid to admit that I didn’t know DPReview was owned by Amazon. Its closure was a shock to me, and it probably was for you, too. This is huge news! Not only is DPReview one of the oldest photography websites-first launched in 1998 when digital photography was a small niche-but it is one of the most popular. It’s been widely reported that DPReview is closing down on April 10th.
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