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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
07-13-2015, 07:53 AM
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I agree with the OP, but I also see that subjective reviews are.. well, less than perfect. What could be a remedy? The first thing that could be done is to not count some outliers. for example, if a lens has 10 reviews, two of them are 10, the others are 8-9, but only one is a 2. Then the 2 and one 10 would be ignored when calculating the "total score." This would help against trolling and unreasonable people (who had wrong expectations or don't really get the point of a review)
The other thing could be to give a longer explanation on how to write the review. Right now, the main thing are those individual scores (Like Sharpness, Aberrations, Bokeh,..), pros and cons, and the area to write some more thoughts. Maybe if there was a more specific guide on how to write an amateur review, while still not expecting the person to use professional gear to assess sharpness and other qualities.
Finally, the reviews themselves could be rated, which would give some reviews more weight than others. For example, if I find a review that is helpful, that matches my own experiences, I could give it a 5. If I notice its full of wrong information, I could give it a 1. But this approach is not very good, because who wants to review reviews? Especially since you probably look for reviews of lenses you don't (yet) have. The "was this helpful?" thingy is good enough, I guess.
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