Lens reviews .. and forums. Why you shouldn't trust them!

[arthurking83]

.. and here is the reasoning from the man who (usually) knows more than most.

Roger Cicala(from Lens Rental) parallels lens review sites (https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2016/08/my-third-grader-analogy-for-lens-reviews-and-testing/)

A humorous summary.

LOL! on his take of 'our fave' .. Ken Rockwell! :D

[ricktas]

hehe. very good.

[piczzilla]

LOL so true about lenstip, I still love it though - learn the bad's = less unpleasant surprises

[Cage]

I guess that I, like most of you, read a lot of reviews and forums, looking for oft mentioned attributes and faults, before making a decision.

Unfortunately, living out of town with a 200k round trip to the big smoke, I don't have the luxury of a quick visit to my local B&M store to actually try the object of my desires.

[Nick Cliff]

Really enjoy Rogers writing:)

[MissionMan]

I think there are many examples of this including people taking photography writers as gospel. The recent example I saw was a lens review from the angry photographer of the 105 f/1.4 which he didn't have in his hand. He was complaining about the number of pieces of glass in the lens and his entire premise was that more glass=poor lens. This logic doesn't explain the apparent miracle that Sigma produced with the 50 ART which almost matches the Zeiss and has a large number of elements. Sigms must have Chuck Norris or Jesus on their design team.


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[stix]

Thanks for the laugh. This link https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com/ on that same thread is brilliant!

[arthurking83]

..... The recent example I saw was a lens review from the angry photographer of the 105 f/1.4 which he didn't have in his hand......

:confused013

Has Ken Rockwell invented a new online persona? :p

[Hamster]

Thanks for the laugh. This link https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/03/hammerforum-com/ on that same thread is brilliant!

It sure is!