Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph: Of course a faster lens is better! Faster = more expensive = more profit! Just another reference frame . . . Next time a sales clerk tells you "this lens is stop faster and much superior to the one you are looking at." Reply "oh really? so you must make a lot more money if you sell me this one." That will prove you aren't an idiot! "Dr. Joseph Yao" wrote: > on 22/9/00 2:31, Martin Howard at howard.390@osu.edu wrote: > > What the proponents of 'better' consistently fail to realize is that the > > 'better' they think is so obvious, is *one* of many, many possible frames of > > reference, and that their frame of reference is not necessarily any more > > valid than any other one. . . . . > > Martin, > > I agree with you entirely. There are still many photo dealers who would > claim a faster lens is 'better', and they say it such a manner that I must > be an idiot not to understand when they mean. > > Regards, > > Joseph