Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:21 AM 4/23/98 +0200, you wrote: >After having read the arguments against the mtf test of Leica lenses, >especially those developed by Erwin, I must conclude that MTF is not You are quite correct. Lens design is based not only on numbers generated by a computer, but experience, and a tradition, such as Leicas, to set certain performance goals. >Well, as it is the general case in science, I must conclude that science is >inadequate or subjective.I think this great post modern discovery deserves >a name. I propose : the LUG impossibility hypothesis. Science is quite inadequate in any art, such as making pictures, or lens-making. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch I disagree with unanimity.