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I hate Consumer Reports
Several months ago I saw a copy of Consumer Reports magazine lying unattended. The cover advertised the issue as their authoritative digital camera review. Now out of nowhere - months later -I remember what I found and have decided to share it with you.
*I have to admit that I was already biased against the publication and that when I picked it up I did so just to find something to get mad at.
It didn’t take long. This is just a short antidote, but a revealing one nonetheless. Flipping to their DSLR tables, I noticed that the Canons, including the 20D (my camera) rated relatively poorly. That’s odd, I thought. When I looked a little closer, I noticed that they tested the 20D, with the 18-55 “kit lens,” aka, Canons most worthless and embarrassing piece of glass.
Rating these cameras based on the performance of that lens is equivalent to filling a Ferrari with 87-octane gas and complaining about the car’s performance. And this is exactly why I dislike Consumer Reports. That’s all for now. Carry on.
1 Comment
1. albert replies at 6th August 2006, 10:57 pm :
it’s a shame canon paired up their sub $2k dslrs with that lens, it doesn’t do the bodies justice. but that was their decision, to skimp on the lens. and it is the kit lens that comes with it and is mostl likely the lens that most first time buyers will get. they should pair up the 20d with that 17-85 IS lens and save the 18-55 for the Rebels.
and ferrari’s don’t recommend 87-octane gas let alone give you 20 gallons of it with the purchase of a ferrari. super only is what that sucker runs on.
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