RE: RE: [Leica] artistic intention and lens performance

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Mike,

With all due respect, that is precisely what I said in the last sentence.

Peter K

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From: Mmermag@aol.com [mailto:Mmermag@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 1:45 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] artistic intention and lens performance



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>>