Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 3/29/07 3:13 PM, "Philippe Amard" <phamard@numericable.fr> typed: > Mark, > > this pointer is pointless - we neither see the horse nor its mouth and > this is only chitchat without any grounded evidence - anyone could write > this kind of review I'm afraid. > > Mind you, NO polemics inside - just a feeling that hands on experience > and bench tests are better than gossip and verbose buck/quality ratios > drawn from whose nose was it? > > Straightforwardly but friendly yours > Phil...x > > > Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> Here's Ken Rockwells take on >> Nikon 12 - 24 mm f/4, Tokina 12 - 24 mm f/4, Sigma 10 - 20 mm f/4 - 5.6 >> and >> Tamron 11 - 18 mm f/4.5 - 5.6. >> >> >> http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/digital-wide-zooms/comparison.htm >> >> I'm as sensitive to "chitchat without any grounded evidence" on the internet as you or the next guy more so I think but this guy is not rating these lenes based on conversations he's Googled off of chat groups in five minutes. As so many do. (But it doesn't matter as they sell them a month later on eBay) He's tried them out. I've read him for years I'd trust his word as fast as I do Erwin's. He doesn't BS. Also time and time again what he's said has agreed to a tee with my own hands on personal experience with the gear itself. 3d smellorama real world.. He's a pretty sensible guy. Although I hate guys that smart. Mark Rabiner 8A/109s New York, NY markrabiner.com