Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re: JB, filters, flames, and technique
From: "Roger Beamon" <roger@beamon.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:19:14 -700

On 24 Nov 98, N. B. Watson wrote, at least in part:

<snip>

> and I don't think it smacks of arrogance for me to trust my own
> ability to do so.  

The inference of arrogance was yours, Nigel. I did not intend even 
an implication of same. You are, after all, another of the experts 
that you, yourself, evaluate.

<snip>

> or shoot one blasted film in the first place and trust your own
> eyes.  I choose the latter. 

Yep, we all, untimately, do that when we make the 'buy' decision. 
My point was simply that to put more faith in *one* shot of yours 
than the  exhaustive testing done by a credentialed expert, such 
as I described, is somewhat shortsighted. 

Now, a thorough test done by you ...
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Roger
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