Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 8/24/00 5:01:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com writes: << How would you make up your mind if you were me, and wanted to spend all your time using lenses and not testing them? >> As Duke Ellington is quoted, with regard to music, "If it sounds good, it is good." The same applies to the results obtained using a lens under given circumstances. If it works for you, enjoy it. If not, try something else. Every photographer has particular needs at different times, along with resources available, in terms of both time and finances. Every time a new film comes along, a new paper, developer or technique, we have new opportunities to improve what we do. Lenses neither exist nor are employed in a photographic vacuum. So feel free to go right ahead and spend all your time being a photographer. There are plenty of others who enjoy the particular challenge of exploring the capabilities of lenses through testing. Let them enrich your experience by sharing theirs. As for us non-testers, if the photo looks good, it is good. Joe Sobel