Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] RD-1 Catfight--comment on camera reviews in general
From: dcm at pobox.com (David C. Mason)
Date: Thu Nov 10 06:15:49 2005
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On 11/10/05, Bill Smith <wrs111445@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It seems to me that the camera reviews from the UK appear to be a great 
> deal more honest/ critical than those of the USA. Most of the stuff I've 
> read from MY country is pure B.S. w/ a huge note below to "Buy it here"!  
> What we need is less "Rah-Rah" and more objectivity.
>
> Bill
>

Bill,

I completely agree! Websites like dpreview worry so much on whether or
not they can see a speck of noise (which they seriously can't define)
that they forget to tell us whether the camera is any good. However, I
also expect my reviews to be above the average grade-school level of
competence. Its obvious in this review that the guy knows very little
about cameras and is looking for a camera-phone.


Cheers,

Dave
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