Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Learning a lens
From: Doug Herr <Telyt@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 11:01:48 -0500

Mike Johnson wrote:

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I have a friend--this is a true story--who, a dozen years ago, researched
135mm lenses thoroughly and bought the AIS Nikkor 135mm f/2, which he had
determined after fastidious research to be "the best" (9.6? 9.8? <g>). But
the damn thing was such a brick he never took it with him anywhere. Know
how many times he used it? Twice. I am not making this up. So he obviously
ignored one very important characteristic of the lenses he was evaluating.

Do you see what I'm saying? Even in subjective evaluation you can be at
cross-purposes with the tester or reviewer.

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<<<

Mike, I hope what you've posted here (everyone please read the ENTIRE
original post) will put to rest, at least for a few weeks, this endless
quibbling over which lens is "best", and open a more meaningful discussion
of "which lens is best for my purposes?"

Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt