Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 98-02-18 21:08:12 EST, Bill Larsen wrote: >>snip<< This led me to a train of thought that included the question "why, when you buy a lens, doesn't the manufacturer include a series of test photographs demonstrating the characteristics of the individual lens?" ======================================================= >>Bill - At first I thought it might be a good idea even if Leica could afford it--- but then I realized that the "tests would be meaningless" to the typical buyer without having the criteria of something to compare it against. The concensus of LUG opinion seemed to be that "sharpness" was not only judged in Erwin's absolute terms but also in the "eyes of the beholder" with many variables - mainly contrast & edge sharpness as opposed to resolution. Marvin