Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/24
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On 24 Nov 98, N. B. Watson wrote, at least in part:
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> and I don't think it smacks of arrogance for me to trust my own
> ability to do so.
The inference of arrogance was yours, Nigel. I did not intend even
an implication of same. You are, after all, another of the experts
that you, yourself, evaluate.
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> or shoot one blasted film in the first place and trust your own
> eyes. I choose the latter.
Yep, we all, untimately, do that when we make the 'buy' decision.
My point was simply that to put more faith in *one* shot of yours
than the exhaustive testing done by a credentialed expert, such
as I described, is somewhat shortsighted.
Now, a thorough test done by you ...
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Roger
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