Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Dan Cardish" <dcardish@microtec.net> > How many of the cameras that they test are really bad? When they make some > kind of measurement, such as sound levels for a shutter, or when they make > their equivalent of an MTF diagram for a lens, are their results wrong? Do > they lie about particular cameras? > > Dan C. Some magazines such as Pop Photography will return an inferior lens repeatedly to the manufacturer and request a replacement until they are sent one that would render results good enough for a favorable report. But I do recall a negative report (kindly and gently rendered) in Shutterbug on the Saunders Enlargers by Joseph Dickerson. He criticized the flimsiness of the column of an otherwise great 4x5 enlarger. The surprising result was that Saunders redesigned the column. Joe C.