Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christer Almqvist wrote: > > I thought you may want to read this too. My comments were certainly not > meant to hurt... > ><snip> > For those who appear to question my integrity and character, Christer > Almqvist and John Douglas please note. Ilford do not pay me to test > their new products and they accept that my views are based on my own > standards and taste. Clearly, being based in America you will not know > of my reputation in the UK as a photographer and writer who voices an > honestly held view regardless of who may be upset by the opinion. I > take the view that when testing materials for companies such as Ilford > my job is to represent all those photographers who have to eventually > work with the products I am testing.><snip> > In future please check the facts before you question the integrity and > character of contributors to the forum. > Regards > Les McLean><snip> Christer Almqvist > ><chris@almqvist.net> wrote: > > > >>well, if you tested for ilford, should we be surprised that their developer > >>came out tops? > > > > Ummm, yes ? > > > > A better question would have been to have asked what other > >developers were used in comparison as well as what were the deciding > >criteria and how were the results determined. > > > > But of course that wouldn't have a character reference in it > >would it ? > > > >Regards, > > > >John S. Douglas ><snip> > christer almqvist That someone might question the fact that you might have a bias in testing a manufacturers product comes with the program. I might love it if Ilford asked me to test it's film for it. I would love the fact that I could say "Ilford is having me test it's Film" and I might love the white boxes of film laying around filled with Delta 100, 400 and 3200!! That would improve my environment. Love that stuff! Nice packaging too! If someone questioned my leaning toward Ilford I would certainly anticipate that question and reply differently each time depending on whim: "I hate the darn film but what the Hey!!!?!!" or "Give me that Agfa film any day I wish I was testing their film!" or "I can't think of stuff to shoot with all this darn film!!!" and on and on. I would hope my feelings would not get hurt too quick. Whoever dared question this guys motives will certainly pay in hell. But here we are getting involved with another forum remote controll with Christer caught in the middle. Mark Rabiner