Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think this in a sense reflect badly on poor ole Erwin Puts! He bench tests Leica lenses, but I am quite sure, from looking at his site, or photos attributed to him, that he has his head tightly screwed on, and his feet firmly on the ground! Comparing the bench test of ANY lens with the so-called real world results, is like the car magazines tests of cars, and your daily driving. Sure, they can go out, crank up a Porsche or Ferrari, turn her loose and see what she'll do, and we can 'oooh' and 'aaaah" ( how does that translate into Japanese?) but if we bought the darn things, we'd be hard put to get 'em much over the speed limit before being hauled before the local constabulary ( You in a heap o' trouble, Boy!) and busted for various moving violations! Sure, if you put your two extenders on the lens, set it on the optical bench and actually tried to get a reading, the results would probably have the technicians in Solms constipated and ill for several weeks- BUT, since the lenses alone might outperform the very film you use, the results you got were perfectly acceptable, and you might not have gotten them otherwise! I daresay they probably were better that images shot even with a 800mm f8 catidioptric lens... and no 'donuts'! I always marveled at the Questar, which was advertised as EXCEEDING theoretical limits of resolution.... but since my vision is 20/200 uncorrected, the results would be lost on me.... I find very little difference in looking at birds through my wife's Nikon binoculars, and my friend's Leica binoculars- the Leitz IS brighter, but sometimes our own limitations interfere with our appreciation of some things! Dan ( 0-60 in my '87 Buick Wagon.... in 85 seconds, flat!) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 3:30 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Ted Grant wrote: > At 02:14 PM 6/14/00 -0700, Ted Grant wrote: > > > >The truth is, what the hell do those scientific guys on a work bench > >know about using Leica equipment in the real world of working > >photographers? Diddly squat, unless it means they ran around Solms or > >Wetzlar happy snapping the village square activities, therefore making > >them believe they understood real world Leica picture taking. > > > >Just my thoughts on some of the "advice from Leica, written or verbal." > > > >ted > > Ted, > > You should tell us how you really feel... > > ;-) > > Jim >