RE: [Leica] And the Gauntlet just lies there..or...How about a re ality check?:-).

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

If we went by MTF tests you'd find other non-Leica lenses to have better
resolution.  However, each lens offers something different.  Some better
contrast, some better color, some more "roundness" or depth, perhaps due to.


Bottom line, tests are good but using is better.  To paraphase Eisenstaedt,
if you find a lens you like use it! 

- -----Original Message-----
From: B. D. Colen wrote:

<edited>But will we ever get beyond this "mine is bigger than yours" crap
relating 
to brand names, and concentrate on photography with the camera we all 
prefer? We seem to miss the point, stressed by Erwin over and over in his 
test reports, that most photographers, shooting under "real-world" 
conditions, do not begin to have the skills and abilities to make use of 
that final x% of lens quality that may well be the difference between an L 
lens and an N or C lens.

B. D.