Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes. When someone's comment about one of my photographs is how sharp it is, I assume I have failed in my photographic objectives. If all I have communicated is what I could show in a photograph of a test chart, what's the point. At 12:50 PM 4/7/00 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: >Excellent point....Nor, I guess, would someone looking at two photos side by >side, of different subjects, comment on the sharpness of the lenses they >were shot with, rather than on the photos themselves, UNLESS one lens was a >coke bottle bottom...and MTF graphs aside, that doesn't seem to be the case >with the Cosinas. I know it's certainly not the case with the Nokton, which >produces terrific results... > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeff Spirer >Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:30 PM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Consensus? Skopar 24mm > > >At 08:38 AM 4/7/00 +0200, Hans Pahlen wrote: > >Dominique, > >Thanks for the numbers. Now I understand your point. What still puzzles me > >is that Chasseur d'Images came to this radically different conclusion > >about the Cosina 25. > >I will shoot my sample wide open and at F/8 during the weekend and compare. > >Why? Will it change your photographs? Make them better or worse. > >Some people may want to have a gallery show filled with MTF charts for >their lenses, but I would bet that no-one would visit. > >Jeff Spirer >Photos: http://www.spirer.com >One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ > Jeff Spirer Photos: http://www.spirer.com One People: http://www.onepeople.com/