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I'm done with lens reviews

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sportyaccordy Forum Pro • Posts: 20,562
Re: I'm done with lens reviews

What exactly were you looking for in the reviews?

IMO, IQ wise modern lenses are good generally good enough that you don't need to do much more than see photos taken with them for that evaluation. And really only stick to photos of subjects that you will probably take. I.e. I don't do astrophotography so I'm not looking at astrophotography photos.

I do think reviews have value in saying what the user experience of a lens will be like. How are the controls, how fast is the autofocus, what are some cool features, how is the build quality etc.

So I don't think they are all useless. But I do think someone watching a review has to understand why they are watching the review and what they hope to get from it. For me, I already have most of the lenses I want so I just watch them for entertainment. Looking for grand actionable insights (or affirmations of your purchases) from reviews is probably a mistake.

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