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What is "bashing" anyway?

Started May 10, 2016 | Discussions thread
BobORama
BobORama Senior Member • Posts: 2,842
Re: What is "bashing" anyway?
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Its very simple.  When you claim to have a test lab, and claim to have an image quality comparison tool, one used by consumers to drive purchasing decisions, then you need to get it right.

Imaging Resources has a terrible user interface, but at least they compare the cameras with the same master lenses.  Using the "relevant prime lens" is a bad practice when it obfuscates the test results.

But IR also got it wrong, IMO, as the D810 images show high levels of sharpening.  I am not buying photoshop, or lightroom.  I am buying a camera body.

BOTH need a lesson in testing discipline.  BOTH did not exercise the basic level of self scrutiny required by the level of responsibility they have placed on themselves.

So yeah, when you review something and get it wrong and have a broken process that sets you up to fail, they deserve the ire they are getting.

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