Re: [Leica] 'better'

[Kevin H <kevin@2image.com>]

Joseph:
Of course a faster lens is better!  Faster = more expensive = more profit!
Just another reference frame . . .

Next time a sales clerk tells you "this lens is stop faster and much superior to
the one you are looking at."
Reply "oh really? so you must make a lot more money if you sell me this one."
That will prove you aren't an idiot!

"Dr. Joseph Yao" wrote:

> on 22/9/00 2:31, Martin Howard at howard.390@osu.edu wrote:
>
>  What the proponents of 'better' consistently fail to realize is that the
> > 'better' they think is so obvious, is *one* of many, many possible frames of
> > reference, and that their frame of reference is not necessarily any more
> > valid than any other one.   . . . .
>
> Martin,
>
> I agree with you entirely.  There are still many photo dealers who would
> claim a faster lens is 'better', and they say it such a manner that I must
> be an idiot not to understand when they mean.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joseph