Magazine reviews ... your opinions

[Bluedog]

I picked up the June issue of Popular Photography today and they did their review of the 350D/XT. What I found to be quite the opposite is where they claim the ISO 1600 results being "unacceptable". So where do they come up with this conclusion? I've taken some very good quality ISO 1600 shots even using a mediocre lens. From what I've seen the results are fairly in line with the 20D.

There are actually people that will use this type of info in their buying decision ...

[Rhys]

I picked up the June issue of Popular Photography today and they did their review of the 350D/XT. What I found to be quite the opposite is where they claim the ISO 1600 results being "unacceptable". So where do they come up with this conclusion? I've taken some very good quality ISO 1600 shots even using a mediocre lens. From what I've seen the results are fairly in line with the 20D.

There are actually people that will use this type of info in their buying decision ...

I gave up buying magazines because their reviews were very largely written with the camera remaining sight unseen. I also found that the technical accuracy of the articles was not without question as was the style of debatable taste. This is what's happened with British magazines anyway. And as far as I can see, they all stopped living up to their cover price about 10 years ago.

[TheObiJuan]

what I like is their 2-3 page article and 75 pages of advertisements!

What a freakin' rip off.

[Bluedog]

what I like is their 2-3 page article and 75 pages of advertisements!

What a freakin' rip off.

True dat ... I only got it for reading on the airplane this Saturday.

[D70FAN]

I picked up the June issue of Popular Photography today and they did their review of the 350D/XT. What I found to be quite the opposite is where they claim the ISO 1600 results being "unacceptable". So where do they come up with this conclusion? I've taken some very good quality ISO 1600 shots even using a mediocre lens. From what I've seen the results are fairly in line with the 20D.

There are actually people that will use this type of info in their buying decision ...

Let's see. The last time I read PopPhoto was...uh...geez that long ago? I have to agree with Juan on the add-saturation as well. Plus it does seem that they are still yearning for the film days.

[Rex914]

Is this a free magazine or a pay one? A lot of print publications are struggling to profit because it's sadly so much cheaper to go to production online than it is to print. I know this from first hand experience...

[sarcazmo]

I bought the magazine and read the 350 article.

What I found funny is how they compared it to the 20D. They basically said it was an alright camera, but people would be better off spending the extra dough on the 20D...

[Bluedog]

I bought the magazine and read the 350 article.

What I found funny is how they compared it to the 20D. ...

Maybe they think us 350D/XT should stick to buying Coloring Books instead their bogus writing ...

[Warin]

What I find amusing is that 350D owners would likely be crowing about how great their camera is if the reveiw had been glowingly positive Every reveiwer has some sort of bias, and it will come through in their reviews, and online review sites are no less prone to this (sample photos with a top of the line Canon lens instead of the kit lens?)

I do agree that the print media is starting to be marginalized, at least as far as magazines go. I still like having a magazine that I can pack around and read where online reviews are not practical... but i buy very few magazines anymore.

[Rhys]

What I find amusing is that 350D owners would likely be crowing about how great their camera is if the reveiw had been glowingly positive Every reveiwer has some sort of bias, and it will come through in their reviews, and online review sites are no less prone to this (sample photos with a top of the line Canon lens instead of the kit lens?)

I do agree that the print media is starting to be marginalized, at least as far as magazines go. I still like having a magazine that I can pack around and read where online reviews are not practical... but i buy very few magazines anymore.

If I buy a magazine or a newspaper to read while travelling, I prefer to get the "handbag" size edition. The women's magazines came out with that size a while ago. Now other publications are taking it up. It's pretty much a half-sized magazine. Some photos are reduced in size but mostly it's just spread over a few more pages.