Barney,
Ok, I will bite. It would be more useful if the samples would follow a regular script. For instance:
-urban landscapes at noon / at night
-green landscapes
-outdoor / studio portait
-bar scene
-dance club (low light / movement)
-museum (low light)
-fast sport
Then, some of the situations would just not work, but then you can say that “ok, after a half hour of trying to take pictures in the dance hall, out of 30 shots, this is the best we could got out from RX10” etc.
On another note, a personal note added to the samples, would also be helpful, because the intent behind a picture might not be clear. You could write, for instance, “I shot this landscape at noon with f1.8 / 2000 because I wanted to test “bokeh / lens sharpness”. And then we would understand, so would know what to look for in a picture. By the way, I am referring here to this one:
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/reviewsamples/photos/2822826/p1260173?inalbum=olympus-om-d-e-m10-preview-samples
cheers
Lotzi
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.