Tag: reviews
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” I Read This Review…”
Keep reading. Gather more of them. Search different websites and watch different YouTube channels. Ask around at the club – at the school. Ask at the pub. Ask at the dinner table. make notes of all the answers and prepare a data base for yourself, cross-referencing the opinions. Go to the public library and ask…
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You No Touch Me!
I am tremendously buoyed by the fact of discovering Nikon Z7 and Z6 kits in the storeroom of the camera shop. It means that there actually is a supply chain and someone has pulled it… I am less chuffed with the decision on the part of the factory to seal the box with a prominent…
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Yes And No Are Both Good Answers
Camera and lens makers who supply samples of their products to internet reviewers are generally looking to get something in return – a favorable write-up to bolster the prestige of the company and the product. And they generally get it, too…the report rarely contains any embarrassing material. This is not as crass as it seems…
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The Big Expense Vs The Expensive Big
I am going to have to come to it eventually – the company that makes the cameras and lenses that I use has issued a large and expensive new camera system that is the darling of the trade and art…and I am going to have to notice it professionally sooner or later. The shop I…
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Delivery Day
Thursday was delivery day for the Fujifilm X-T2 from the camera shop I write for. I’ll be reviewing the camera myself next week if there are any left in stock, and yes, I realise how pretentious that all sounds. The device has been dissected by dozens of writers far more expert than me. But none of them…