Its great to here about these experiences. I emailed all the people that gave the photreading book favorable reviews on Amazon.com before I decided to buy the course. I had many people reply including a graduate student that told me that photoreading has improved his grades and made his life easier.
My opinion is that the photofocus step is a bonus. It gives a person an exposure to the book. For a science book you may have to rapid read or skitter the whole book after you have let it incubate. The advantage to first doing the photofocus step is that it makes reading and learning the book much easier because it feels like you already have been exposed to the material. But the bottom line is that you will still have to spend some time with the book to get it conciously.
