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« on: June 21, 2013, 03:04:50 PM »
Just voicing my own opinion on this matter:
After reading the guide myself, I can say that a huge portion of it is unrelated to ML such as raw shooting in general, the post-production workflow as well as cinematography in general. This means that the guide isn't about ML per se, but rather features it. So in all fairness, I don't see why many see an issue with this yet no one bothered to mention the number of filmmaking books & magazines that also mention ML.
I for one haven't been following raw development closely as I had my finals during the last month. For someone with plenty of time on his/her hands, he/she can just browse around the forum as well as several other blogs and collect the scattered info. However, not everyone has that much time, and this is exactly the target audience of this guide.
This may seem 'unfair' on those who contribute and expect nothing in return, however the dude has got to make a living somehow and he's posted several useful articles on his blog (for free).
As everything else in life, you can buy it or you can find the info yourself (which after all is accessible). Same goes for picture styles (some are free, some aren't) and everything else.