Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You Wrote: snip >>>It also has been my experience over the years that lens test evaluations often conflict to some degree. It is then our challenge to determine the consensus view, combining the best science with the best user reports. As a passionate user (who a couple of weeks ago saw one of my images taken with an R8/70-180 at 2.8 enlarged to 16x24 FEET), I find the use of lens tests to be an absolute imperative to my potential. Photography is permanently one part technical mastery and one part aesthetic mastery. Therein lies the challenge. >>> snip - ------------------------ Lens tests!? User reports! TWO parts? Aesthetics and technical mastery? 16x24 FEET is altogether a new and strange concern. Tripod, right! L