I apologise: a series of recent AP tests really have made me wonder, and I was in Planet AP mode.

You mean, actually, seriously, what do we think?

Well I thought it was a good test. There was loads of detail, lots of useful observations, and where his views were particularly subjective, he said so. And it read well. And I think his conclusions were good, a useful guide to would be purchasers.

In fact think Mr Sibley is shaping up to be a bit of a star.

I think captions like "x camera delivered nicer colour here" aren't very useful, and I think observations on image quality (without technical data) are of limited use, and the podium thing doesn't make any sense to me at all. But hey, people like the confrontational/podium thing, which sells magazines.

And (grits his teeth) AP is a good mag: it normally delivers more quality in a week than most magazines manage in a month. Otherwise I wouldn't spend so much time faffing about these forums...