You know you've written a really good article when you have to explain yourself in the comments a bunch of times.
I more liken it to camera reviews. I'll get into spells where I'll read camera reviews. And whenever I do, miraculously, I find myself wanting a new camera. I think the average camera reviewer is probably really, really great at comparing technical specs, and at telling me which camera works better, or is the best. But they also go to work every day in a room full of the latest camera gear. And while I believe them when they say the new Sony a7 III's are amazing and are a massive upgrade from the last series, I tend to forget that this is largely academic towards what I really need a camera for.
Reviewers are usually pretty good at telling you how something works, or which one is better. But they can often be pretty bad at giving you any sort of context as to whether or not that might be necessary. And the fact that they can walk into a room and pick up any number of high dollar cameras to use on any given day probably changes the way they think about what might be necessary. Most of us have never even held a D5, let alone shot with one, or worked it into our context of how a camera should work. I mean, once you've used the best autofocus system on the planet, it must change the way you look at a $600 DSLR kit from Costco.
Of course, now I'm going to get a lot of angry messages from camera reviewers. And this is actually kind of a terrible analogy, because camera reviewers actually review bottom of the line equipment.
June 6, 2018, 1:52 p.m. - Dave Tolnai
You know you've written a really good article when you have to explain yourself in the comments a bunch of times. I more liken it to camera reviews. I'll get into spells where I'll read camera reviews. And whenever I do, miraculously, I find myself wanting a new camera. I think the average camera reviewer is probably really, really great at comparing technical specs, and at telling me which camera works better, or is the best. But they also go to work every day in a room full of the latest camera gear. And while I believe them when they say the new Sony a7 III's are amazing and are a massive upgrade from the last series, I tend to forget that this is largely academic towards what I really need a camera for. Reviewers are usually pretty good at telling you how something works, or which one is better. But they can often be pretty bad at giving you any sort of context as to whether or not that might be necessary. And the fact that they can walk into a room and pick up any number of high dollar cameras to use on any given day probably changes the way they think about what might be necessary. Most of us have never even held a D5, let alone shot with one, or worked it into our context of how a camera should work. I mean, once you've used the best autofocus system on the planet, it must change the way you look at a $600 DSLR kit from Costco. Of course, now I'm going to get a lot of angry messages from camera reviewers. And this is actually kind of a terrible analogy, because camera reviewers actually review bottom of the line equipment.