Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Vario-Elmar R 35-70 mm, f4 w/close focusing
From: ATanabe@aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 02:15:18 EDT

In a message dated 98-06-11 00:22:28 EDT, Jim wrote:

<< I agree with you Bob, the world has few newspapers taped to walls. People,
 places, and things, all 3D subjects, all successfully hide distortion. To
 the point that... who cares. If you are a commercial photographer
 photographing architecture, then get an appropriate lens. But for 99.9% of
 the rest of us, distortion is not a photographic factor to worry about. >>

Second the idea, I think that we at times get too carried away with all the
objective tests (MTF) and ignore the subjective side (bokeh).  Yin and Yang?
:-)  Shoot what feels right and you can't go wrong life is too short!  
Al