Yes Winsor, they are quite variable. But I suppose you read them to
find out the reviewer's opinion, not what he might think that his
readers want to read. I am not sure how you are so confident that the
reviews on dpreview are objective, but I am dead against the digital
stuff at present anyway - except for a point and shoot. And that's how
I rationalise my position now... ;-)
Chris
On 2 May 2004, at 08:37, Winsor Crosby wrote:
> It is amazing how subjective reviews are. There are multiple reviews by
> respected reviewers on the net that say just the opposite for just
> about everything there except the noise statement which is true of all
> the 8 MP digicams. And the only site that actually measures noise says
> that the 8080 is the one of the least noisy of the 8MP group.
>
> The consensus of opinions on several sites seems to be that it is very
> comfortable in even small hands; the control layout is a little
> different but with a little learning effort it seems to work better
> than a conventional layout; turn on, autofocus speeds are superior;
> write times are not so good(nothing new with Oly); EVF is as good or
> better than the others except for the A2. And they seem to be unanimous
> that it has the best lens.
>
> The more I look at some reviews the more they seem like movie reviews,
> just rationalizations for the reviewer's subjective first impression. I
> think that maybe the way to deal with it is to depend on a more
> objective review like dpreview.com for anything measurable that would
> disqualify a model you are interested in and then to go handle the
> cameras you are interested in yourself . For example almost all
> reviewers were uniformly in favor of the Sony 717. When I looked at one
> I thought it had a miserable shallow grip, inadequate controls, awkward
> handling, lame menu system and the feel of a fairly cheap digicam body
> grafted to a big lens. Do the subjective part yourself.
>
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California
> USA
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