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Subject: [Leica] RD-1 Catfight--comment on camera reviews in general
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Thu Nov 10 11:32:11 2005
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Hi David,
I should remind you that DPReview is a British site, though he has  
certainly sold out to the mighty greenback nowadays, using a plethora  
of US advertisers and American spelling!
Frank

On 10 Nov, 2005, at 14:15, David C. Mason wrote:

> 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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