is it just me or do pictures in so many hardware reviews poorly taken?

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Talk about poorly lit "studios" and over flashing. I understand sometimes bad pictures happen, but come on. I also understand where certain items have to be masked over, or whatnot. I also understand if you're at some trade show, and the ppl would not let you position for good pics, or something...

If writer is going to take hours writing a review, and such, why doesnt the writer or someone take good pictures? Even with a cheap digital camera, you can still get some cheap desk lamps to light up the subject. and all you need is a white wall, if you dont have a white wall, a large white sheet of paper as a background would work. um, cheap cameras often suck at poor lighting.

with all the pics of my older fanbusses, I always had a cheap desktop lamp pointed at it from like a foot away to light the object.

(these comments come from recent anandtech, and worse offender of all, hardocp. i dont go to many sites)
 

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