Re: The Confessions of a 14-Year YouTube Gear Reviewer
amci4 wrote:
Yeah and when you see people accusing the likes of Tony, Chelsie, Jared, Ken, etc… Their answer is always we aren’t paid by Sony and technically they’re not, they’re paid by the shops that sell the Sony bodies and of course they take the freebies on the side. It’s a complete scam and they’re exactly what people accused them of being in a round about way.
This makes perfect sense to me, because I always wondered how so many people weren’t seeing the green skin tones on many of the Sony bodies and every time I bought one, it was there, but I never experienced this in any of my Nikon, Olympus, Fuji, or Canon bodies. Now I get it!
I am always amused by people who assign malfeasance to behaviors of those whose opinions they disagree with, but not those they agree with who are practicing that very same behavior. Affiliate links are being used by almost every content creator these days. Reviewers often cited as reliable sources included. As examples only because they were cited here in this thread as reliable and unbiased, Thom Hogan prominently requests that readers use his affiliate links to B&H on his home page, and notes that he puts a large banner add link at the bottom of every page to make it easy. Steve Perry also asks that supporters buy through his affiliate links to Amazon. Exceptions are Ricci and Morton Hilmer. Photography Life puts a "where to buy" section in its reviews with affiliate links. I could find no instance of affiliate links from them. But both of these are paid directly by Nikon so are in a different capacity.
My point is not that those mentioned are somehow corrupt. In fact the opposite. I don't think you can corelate using affiliate links to generate revenue with being dishonest, or promoting products you don't believe in.
I won't argue anyone's preference in color, or which camera most closely matches that preference. That is a personal thing. You see how you see. However, I will say that using one's own personal preferences for color to prove affiliate link corruption is also not valid. The highest authority in the color industry today is Pantone/X-Rite. If color standards are set it is usually them that is referenced. Image Engineering did a color accuracy test of the major camera models. You may be surprised at the results. Fuji and Sony did very well filling the majority of the top spots. Canon in the middle and Nikon not showing very well. To me that doesn't mean that Nikon cameras are making images with poor color. In fact the color biases in the cameras my produce very pleasing colors. But to say cameras that produce very accurate colors are proof of reviewer corruption just doesn't hold up to even the most cursory examination.
Sep 19, 2022 at 10:47 AM
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