Photoclubalpha

Which magazine photographic awards for 2013 go to Panasonic for best interchangeable lens system cameras, build quality, inovation, product range and overall picture quality pushing Canon into 2nd place.
The also awarded Panasonic and Sony for best reliability.

I only read these remarks briefly in a Which magazine in my local library, so applogies if Its not 100% accurate.

I'm a Which member and so a supporter of the Consumer Association, but I have to say that some of their final results of reviews, particularly where it comes down to complex or subjective choices, are inevitably fallible. I think that saying a whole brand of camera has an image quality advantage over another is pretty laughable . I guess this is the same for anything they review. If it is an area where I have done a lot of research myself then their results are not so interesting. If they cover washing machines then I accept every word as gospel .

Birma

You are probably right, I bought my new car recently because Which magazine gave it a best buy status. I think all reviews are 'flawed' whoever is doing them.
'Which' seem to be revered by the trade whatever product they review and they are seen as the holy grail by some folk.

They claim that most of their data is collected from users [I was asked to be a contributor for cars, but I declined the offer].
However, from my experience, they seem to get things right more often than wrong!