Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right on, Tom. The differences are lost in the scanning and even the best monitors are all but useless for subtle detail and tonality. Not to mention the effects of lossy file compression... However, I too love seeing what other photographers are doing. One of these days I may get up enough courage to post some of mine. Mike Turner At 05:31 PM 6/11/1998 EDT, TEAShea@aol.com, you wrote... >Some people seem to think that they can demonstrate the quality of a lens by >photos posted on the Internet. While one may be able to tell the difference >between a disposable camera and a current generation Summicron 50 2.0, it is >simply not possible to distinguish between higher quality lenses by this >method. > >This is not to say that it is not interesting to see posted photos. Such >photos are often very interesting and can tell a lot about the style of the >photographer and the subject. Such photos, however cannot distinguish between >a current generation Leica lens and a 30 year old Minolta consumer grade lens. >Both will look the same. > >When people seriously discuss the differences among reasonable quality lenses, >the differences are actually very small. These differences are much smaller >than the resolution ability of posted photos / monitors. > >Keep posing those photos. I love to look at them. But do not think that they >prove the quality of a lens. They don't. > >Tom Shea > >