Actually, I never trust reviews in magazines, whether we are talking cameras,
bicycles or anything else. I read them for information about features of
products I am interested in, but for the real assessment you have to read
between the lines. The reason is simple: most enthusiast magazines are
financed by advertising, and nobody is going to bite the hand the feeds them.
When I lived in the US, I relied on Consumer Reports which accepts no
advertising, but of course it is a generalist magazine, so to an enthusiast its
reviews of the products one is enthusiastic about will usually sound
superficial--because they are written from the point of view of a general user.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA
On Apr 4, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I disagree, Ken. The viewers or readers have to be able to trust the
> reviewer. If there had been problems with the test camera the reviewer
> should have said so, qualified, if necessary, with the "pre-production
> software" warning.
>
> As you have said a couple of times, the software and OS are integral to the
> device.
>
> Chris
>
> On 4 Apr 2012, at 16:05, Ken Norton wrote:
>
>>
>> Since it was a "pre-production" unit, there is an assumption that some
>> of the software bugs will be corrected before release. No need to
>> trash a camera that is obviously beta.
>>
>> But the problem here is that the beta software is never fixed!!!!!
>>
>> That pro photographer in question is being paid to present the camera
>> in the positive light and let the company fix issues that crop up. It
>> isn't his responsibility to fix the bugs. Just like Andrew, he has to
>> stay on topic. What's the image quality like? Is the overall design
>> satisfying? Is it sexy? Leave the software developers alone.
>
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