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Almost flawless! 35mm f/2 IS USM review

Started Jun 26, 2014 | User reviews thread
Jonathan Brady
OP Jonathan Brady Veteran Member • Posts: 6,725
Re: Almost flawless! 35mm f/2 IS USM review

Al Downie wrote:

I know it's DPReview an' all, but did you notice that you'd written a 730 word review about a lens without once mentioning the images that it makes? Jus' sayin...

I thought I did when discussing sharpness, bokeh, and when and why I'd reach for this lens or not reach for this lens when I had alternatives.

If that's insufficient I'll throw out a generic line or two like other reviewers who have links on their site to buy the damn thing...

"The images this lens creates are stunning!  They're sharp, bokeh is rendered beautifully, have plenty of micro contrast, and the colors are fantastic!"

How's that?  It's all true.  But I figured people reading it would be able to deduce it on their own from the context of the review - which was MORE about this lens' position between two other options than anything else.

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QUOTE: "Another conclusion: After having read a few hundred instances of “fanboy” references during research for this article, it’s clear to me that the word has lost whatever potency it might once have had as an insult. It’s too much of a cliché, too inappropriately dismissive, too likely to be tossed in as an ad hominem attack by someone who shows signs of extreme fanboyism himself."
In other words - takes one to know one. And you lack creativity.
http://gizmodo.com/5540818/the-fascinating-origin-of-the-word-fanboy

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