Robert Campbell
Well-known member
Sean,The core difference for me, lies in generalizability...
The danger reviewers must be wary of, and some are not as wary as they should be, lies in assuming that's one's impressions of a camera, lens, etc. will generalize to many or all photographers. That's mistaken. So there need to be touchstones that are as objective, as possible, as well.
Cheers,
Sean
I quite agree with you. If you were to look at reviews in some of the german photo mags, you would see points for various attributes given to two places of decimals - but for all its apparent objectivity, this is also quite subjective in say points for 'image quality' or 'handling'.
I would far prefer to read of a reviewer's 'gut feelings' and then their report - I would feel that a real person had written the review.