Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, I think that you might want to consider investing a little effort in reading Erwin's articles. He uses very specific language to describe rendition of detail etc., such as "extremely fine" or "very fine." Yes, it is simpler to read a review that simply ends with one numerical score but it does not tell you very much. To follow your car analogy, if you read that one car does 0-60mph in 5 sec. and another in 5.5 sec., does this mean that car 1 is "better" than car 2? Certainly not; it simply says that it accelerates faster, but it does not tell you anything about comfort, handling, vibration, engine noise and the many other attributes that make a drive pleasurable or painful. At the end of the article the car magazine may summarize its review with one score (or a number of stars, or something) but if you really want to know what kind of car it is, you have to read the article. Same thing with lens tests. Nathan Steve LeHuray wrote: > Hans, > Thanks for the reply, but, I have already done all the stuff you recomend. > Neither Erwin or Gandy assigns a number like was assigned to those lens on > your post. Being a car guy I can understand a comparison test where for > example the benchmark for performance is usually 0-60 and there is a number > to relate to, (0-60 = 4.6 sec). Gandy's information is pretty much all > heresay and MEGO (Mine Eyes Glaze Over) when I try to read ANYTHING Erwin > writes. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/