Not sure where you are coming from with this comment Godfrey: however, I would reflect that, were I in the market for a new camera, and had no existing brand loyalty, I would be reading reviews in what is basically a well-respected magazine, considered to be the leader in it's field in the UK at least, and would probably be guided by their reviews in making my purchasing decision. What is important is that the bottom-line summary (the percentage rating) should better indicate the quality of the item reviewed than I think this does. A camera and lens combination that cannot produce photos of an acceptable quality under conditions which will be normal for many potential users does not merit a rating of 86% , in my opinion. It is a matter of objectivity: my experience in reading this particular magazine for more than forty years is that it's reviews do tend to indicate bias towards particular manufacturers, and often those they do not favour will have their products reviewed in a very negative way: minor issues will be highlighted, and subjective comments will be offered without definitive reasons being given.
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 9:57 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: CanOFF EOS 450D Iso Test I can't for the life of me understand why a bunch of pundits' praise or whatever is significant at all. Why care what they say unless you're working for Pentax marketing? Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com On May 15, 2008, at 4:51 PM, John Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The UK's Amateur Photographer" had its usual biased summary of it's > testing: > the article said that basically the jpeg's suck at any ISO, that noise > levels are unacceptable at 400 ISO and above, and that using > "highlight tone > priority" slows the camera down noticeably. But the reviewer still > gave the > camera 86% overall, the same as the Nikon D60 and the Alpha 350! > > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 3:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: OT: CanOFF EOS 450D Iso Test > > http://www.fotovilag.hu/teszt/canon/Canon-450D/canon450d-iso.htm > > Kinda sucks above ISO 400. > > (the page is in hungarian but the pictures are universal :D) > > Cheers, > .t > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
