Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/20

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Subject: Re: lens tests
From: "C.M. Fortunko" <fortunko@boulder.nist.gov>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 21:53:58 -0600

Eric,

Very good point.

I saw the POP piece in question. We are spending too much time on this forum
to discuss a one-page piece that was probably done on a very low budget.

Best regards,

Chris


At 08:06 PM 10/20/96 -0700, you wrote:
>At 08:41 AM 10/20/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>If true, then even the vaunted OP magazine has slipped into obsequity [sic]!
>>IMHO it has over the last several years that I have been reading it. We're
>>right back at square one. Read all you can get your hands on, read between
>>the lines in what you read and make the best informed opinion that you can.
>>*You* are your own test lab!
>
>If all photo magazines rejected such pressure tactics, then there's nothing
>the manufacturers could do. As it is now, most rags only give us what
>specific functional features cameras have, and nothing truly comparative on
>lenses. But is that because people have become such slaves to infinitesimal
>differences between lenses they lost sight of the real issues - lenses
>designed to do a specific job, forget how it compares to a company's
>cameras you don't use anyway?
>
>===========
>Eric Welch
>Grants Pass, OR
>
>Ever notice how fast a Mac runs? Neither did I.
>
>