Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SHARPNESS
From: Alan Ball <AlanBall@csi.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:15:10 +0100

Eric Welch wrote:
> What would happen is that some people would continue the incorrect
> notion that sharpness is the most important, or the single factor, that
> determines lens quality. 
>...<snip>...
> I
> see what it does on film, and that's more important than any test that
> tests one performance characteristic.

There is a SINGLE factor determining the quality of a lens for common
35mm photographic usage, and that is the rate at which it provides the
photographer, and the viewers, with successful, original, innovative,
moving images. ALL the rest is nitpicking. And fun.

Alan