I think you guys are being a little hard on him and fairly uptight. Yeah, his writing style may not be what you'd read in a magazine (nor is his site meant to necessarily appeal to a broad audience), and there aren't test photos or pictures of charts, but man, with his experience, he's the guy I'd want reviewing lenses. Looking at his photos and coming to my own conclusion is a lot easier and more reality-based than super technical specs or some of the shots seen on a site like dpreview (don't get me wrong, I love his reviews too). If you don't like his writing, then don't read his sote. The best part is, you don't even need to, just look at the shots (which are amazing).
IMHO there is no substitute for having manners...a certain integrity/digity/poise/class that shows you have some form of self-control. People who conduct themselves in such a way, especially under difficult circumstances, really impress me....
No matter what he manages as a photographer, there are those who have managed to hold themselves with a certain dignity about them and achieve far greater, well, greatness. I do not see the correllation between mouthing off and toting about an ego the size of a planet and being a good photographer, but I can perhaps see the relationship between that and being a 'Hollywood/Celeb' photog. In all seriouslness, I can imagine a 'normal' person being rendered invisible in such circles by virtue of not having enough 'ego visibility'.
His photographs tell you almost nothing about the kit he is reviewing, only his ability to take certain photographs with that lens and show them at 72 dpi at 3x5 or whatever. You don't know if they would be sharper with something else, better flare control or anything else for that matter. In fact you dont even know if they are sharp at all as the small images convey little. If you value his opinion and are prepared to take it as issued, that is different and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that. His writing does convey some useful information and there is no doubt he is experienced, however, he seems to be working towards premature typing related arthritis purely from excessive expletives and pointless mouthing off. He could be done with his reviews a lot quicker and enjoying model making (or whatever he really does in private when nobody is looking
😉 ) if he refrained, but then again that would fail to convey the attitude that I imagine is important in his line of work.
All the ego and BS just seems to dilute the reviews and make them painful to read. Seems pointless and I am not sure what it achieves.
Just because someone is a famous/successful photographer does not mean that one should admire them in a complete sense. I might admire the work but not think much of the person that took the images. Vlad the Impaler was a successful impaler and OBL is a successful terrorist.... There seems to be some confusion between celebrity status/material success and being worthy of respect. Many people would accumulate more and 'achieve more' if they threw away their standards. not all are prepared to do so, however, and it seems to me that those who makes this choice are defined by things more enduring and noble. It just seems a shame to achieve such success as a photographer and appear unable to achieve basic decency.