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Was disappointed to find reviews section gone from FM...

Well here it is from 2022 via the wayback machine...

https://web.archive.org/web/20221209191517/https://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/index.php/cat/45

Nov 02, 2023 at 10:52 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · FM Lens Reviews on Wayback

Why was the review section removed? I did like it being part of the site.

Nov 02, 2023 at 01:42 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · FM Lens Reviews on Wayback

Because not enough members were posting reviews.

Nov 03, 2023 at 01:39 AM

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And wasn't that in part due to the product database not being updated for quite a while with new lens and camera entries? I asked Fred about that once, in my previous run here, which must have been in 2020 or earlier (my previous account was deleted for some reason in mid-2020). But got no answer.

Nov 03, 2023 at 02:20 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · FM Lens Reviews on Wayback

Thanks for posting the link. Though the information is quite dated, I do buy older lenses, now and then, so, this is useful information.

Nov 05, 2023 at 10:10 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · FM Lens Reviews on Wayback

Also, way back then, there were not all the YouTube reviews. For better or worse, YouTube reviews are much more detailed, along with example images.

One always has the option of starting a thread asking members for comments on a Canon XXX.

Nov 05, 2023 at 10:21 AM

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IlyaSnopchenko wrote:
...once, in my previous run here, which must have been in 2020 or earlier (my previous account was deleted for some reason in mid-2020).

Ahh, I was wondering where "Snopchenko" had gone, both you and the account!

"Sorta" welcome back but you've been using the new handle for a bit.

Nov 05, 2023 at 10:53 PM

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sirimiri wrote:
Ahh, I was wondering where "Snopchenko" had gone, both you and the account!

"Sorta" welcome back but you've been using the new handle for a bit.

Thanks, it is nice to see that I'm still remembered. I'm just using my full name now rather than just the surname. I still don't know why my old account (with 5000+ posts... eh) was lost. I was also on the fence about returning for a while - seeing as how most of the talk is now - has been for a while - about the RF system which I'm not using, and will not be. But I decided in the end that I needed a place to hang out and talk about photography a little, because the Photozone forum is... not very lively.

Nov 06, 2023 at 05:35 AM

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Reviews in that section were dated subjective evaluations.
Subjective evaluations are not much useful if you don't know and/or trust the reviewer.
Then, we are not assured that a lens that performed well 10-15 years ago could be still valid on today sensors.
Even the subjective evaluations of a trustworthy reviewer as Bjorn Rorslett are meaningless today. He stopped writing reviews when the D3X was the best available Nikon digital camera.
Finally, many thorough reviews can be nowadays found on-line. For specific combinations (e.g., how does lens "A" perform on "B" camera), I think it's more useful to ask specifically in technical sections of FM forum.

Nov 06, 2023 at 07:07 AM


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