Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 21 August 2000, "Henning J. Wulff" wrote: > <SNIP> > > I seem to recall that at one point Modern Photography wrote that if a > camera or lens failed their minimum standards, the report wasn't going to > be published. > > When they tested the Noctilux, it did fail their resolution test of the > time at certain apertures, but they said in the text that the lens was so > significant and remarkable in other ways and more than that, their > standards were biased in favour of mainstream 1.4 and 1.8 lenses that they > felt that the Noctilux test should be published anyways. > > This must have been in the late 70's or so. > This is my recollection too. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt - -------------------------------------------------- Visit the Northwestern Alumni Association portal page at http://www.nualumni.com to get free web-based e-mail and many other exciting features.