Originally posted by gatorguy That seems like a "Duh!" statement. I can think of no rational reason not to base a review of a camera manufacturer's first-party lens specifically and most 3rd-party lenses too with the lens corrections enabled before this. Who turns those off? The OOC image is what matters anyway, AFAIAC it should be raw for testing purposes but that's a different aspect of it.
As a lens reviewer and optical designer, I think that decision is absurd. Completely absurd.
They won't be reviewing lenses, they will be reviewing correction algorithms.
All lenses will not effectively be free of CA and distortion, but it will hide the modifications, and potential degradation involved in those corrections.
Let's be clear: I generally apply those corrections myself when shooting, but when reviewing I want to know what are the capabilities of the lens, not the computer.