Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The reason we all don't run around with 'Brownies' is because some people do care to study and develop lens design and testing. Mike In a message dated 11/9/99, 3:26:50 PM, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: <<in, You postulate an interesting point, but if an image is good it does not matter if it were shot with a Brownie or a Leica. Shooting with the Leica of course will result in a sharper picture, but a good image is a good image. I know I have said this before, but a famous photographer by the name of Alfred Eisenstaedt was once asked about how he tested lenses. He replied, "I take pictures with them; if I like the results, I keep them." Lens tests only serve the audience interested in them and do not improve the content of the image. Peter K>>