| The majority of reviews you see on consumer sites | | | | magazines, for instance, will review many cameras at |
| should be taken with a grain of salt! When buying | | | | once, not just one particular model in isolation. These |
| computers and accessories the only reviews you | | | | reviews should hold a lot more gravity for you. |
| should trust are those workshop type reviews | | | | Another point to consider is that even good companies |
| undertaken by professional and independent experts. | | | | can release bad products. You need to be certain that |
| As Plato said, do not trust the opinion of the majority | | | | the model you are about to buy is the one that |
| but only that of experts. | | | | received a good review. |
| There are two main reasons for this. | | | | Of course, sellers don't care about such things and will |
| Firstly, many people compare to products that they | | | | sell whatever they can find, with little regard to the |
| have owned in the past. For example, if you owned | | | | quality of the product. They will sell old models or |
| one of the first 1 mega-pixel digital cameras to be | | | | crappy models without hesitation. Do yourself a favor |
| released and today bought a 9 mega-pixel camera, | | | | and don't buy lemons! If you want to buy the best |
| then of course you will think it is great! You might even | | | | computer, laptop, hardware or electronic product then |
| excitedly write a glorious review saying as much. | | | | try and read a comparative and comprehensive |
| Secondly, most people do not have the opportunity to | | | | review first. |
| thoroughly test other cameras in the same price range. | | | | Caveat emptor. |
| Some of these may be greatly superior! Reviews in | | | | |