Originally posted by Stone G. I agree. in particular because the bias also seem to work the other way round - towards a general "love" relationship.
I would agree, the real issue is that every lens except a real piece of $#!¥ is a 7. So the scale is somewhat compressed
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I find it a bit odd that so many lenses and other gear get a rating of 9 and even 10. Most of us are - hopefully - very happy with our newest acquisition, but to me an 8 would/should be a highly recommended item while inflation in ratings now unfortunately seems to make an 8-rating indicate something nearer to mediocre, which is a shame.
If "everything decent" gets a 9 or 10, how shall we then rate the really good stuff?
I have come to believe that we users should only be given the option to give the sub-ratings and leave it to the software to compute the overall rating.
Good point, or maybe a rating system for the ratings where as users we vote on the accuracy of the individual ratings
Originally posted by Docrwm Ok, now I agree something needs to be done.
A new member, with precisely 1 post, has rated the K45-125 as a 2. Seriously? That lens is about as sharp as a zoom has a right to be. As for CA and such, its a 30+ year old lens with coatings from that era. Geez.
The fact that a lens is as good as it has a right to be does not make it a 10. Also consider many new users may have an expectation born in the digital era where it is either perfect or worthless. Look at the issues and discussions we have over noise. If you released an *istD today how would you rate it against a K5 for example. While many may even accept it was good for the time, they may not like the results in today's context of perceived perfection
Again this is not a defence of a poor rating, but you need to consider all sides. For me, all raters should start at 5. Ten add/subtract points for the ratio of quality above or below expectation, quality above /below price, ease of use etc. for example I have a super tak 85/1.9. Ad while it can produce great images you need to be really careful using it, and it is not user friendly how do you rate it, on the great images, or the difficulty crating a great image?