The photofocus part is a totally different way to read/learn and gather information. For the most part we are unaccustomed to it and find it hard to believe that the information goes into our head that way. That belief in fact becomes the blocker from getting the information out,
The reason the system feels so strange is because you do absorb that information during the photoreading/photofocus stage. The information went in, in a way we were not orginally taught. It is not anything like regular reading and never will be. It's a totally different experience. This is why it is so important to play with it or rather take a more playful attitude toward learning it.
Because the information went in, in a way that is new to us, we also need to learn to allow our inner mind to tell our conscious mind what the information was. That's why the manual activation techniques of superreading and dipping are so necessary. The manual activation technique is a starting point for allowing that communication. When we ask a question and almost immediately we find the right page and even the right paragraph, we can understand that some sort of communication has taken place. Usually we fail to notice that we are acting on promptings from our inner mind. This makes us wonder if the system works.
It works alright, and if it saves me 27 minutes of searching a book to find an answer and all I need to invest was 3 minutes photofocus. Then you won't find me skipping that step on a book In reality it saves even more time over conventional reading methods. 
Alex
[This message has been edited by AlexK (edited September 14, 2002).]
