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

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Subject: [Leica] comment on camera reviews in general
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Thu Nov 10 12:42:15 2005
References: <F3DDF32D-3C56-4073-A1FC-D5E1F46877E1@virgin.net> <20051110114836.36209.qmail@web32808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <6.2.5.6.2.20051110151932.0281a440@screengang.com>
 
On 11/10/05, Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.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
>
> But even dpreview (which seems to be UK based in consideration of the test 
> shots who come mostly from London locations), has a lot of buy-it-here 
> links, too; and is in a certain way depending from the favor of the 
> manufacturers. For instance, to get the news and the the free test cameras 
> before the other reviewers. And thus even dpreview is tempted to praise 
> almost everything. More than 50% of their in-depth reviews finish with 
> "highly recommended".

A true closet-flag-waver.

Daniel
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