Can internet reviews be trusted?
[This section was written due to my dissatisfaction with internet camera reviews, and was written before I had had the camera in my hands. If you want the actual review based on actual use, skip to the next section.] The Fuji FinePix REAL 3D W1 digital camera has just been released. I haven’t seen one yet, nor has my order from Japan reached me [Oct 1, 2009]. But before ordering it I read numerous reviews of it on the internet, and I read Fuji’s own web documents about it. These reviews say more about the reviewers than they say useful things about the camera. One even went to far as to say it was the worst camera ever made. He must have very limited experience with cameras, and the ignorance displayed in his review shows that he certainly hasn’t much experience with stereo photography. Here’s what Fuji has to say about it: Fujifilm.com and Fujifilm USA. Some reviewers do admit that they had only an hour of hands-on experience with the camera. That probably isn’t enough time to read th