Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter Jon White <PeterJonWhite@PeterWhiteCycles.com> wrote: > So, in trying to decide which of two films you would prefer, are you > saying that you would rather read the opinions of others, than look at > the two films side by side? How can someone else's description of an > emulsion be better than seeing it for yourself? > > I'm not trying to be argumentative. I really don't understand this. Why read any books if not to learn from others' experiences? Taking others experiences and combining them with my own experiments is usually the quickest way to find the results I want. When I know what others have experienced, I can know what is normal to expect when I'm doing my own comparison. Chances are good that if I experience what others have reported, that I am seeing typical results. If my experiences vary widely from those of others, maybe I'm seeing the effect from a different variable than what I'm trying to study or I'm doing something incorrectly. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/