John, Dave, etc.
Ya gotta be wrong, ya jus' gotta be. You question the great god
numbers ? How dare you !
And in fact, John you are wrong! If what you photograph is graph
paper. The further your subject matter deviates from that graph paper,
the less the numbers really mean. This is a concept that applies to so
much in our lives, yet we apply it so seldom.
IMHO,
Rand E.
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"John A. Lind" wrote:
>
> At 02:28 1/28/00 , Dave Bulger wrote:
> >The heck with the numbers, Zuiks! It's the photographs that count!
>
> Hey. I guess this Hoosier plowboy ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
> either. I _must_ agree with Dave. The numbers aren't everything. It's
> the end product, the photograph, that counts.
>
> Even if you do want to consider things like MTF and % barrel/pincushion
> distortion, there are other aspects just as important that differentiate a
> superb lens from the rest: flare control, cos^4 vignetting (falloff),
> chromatic aberration, and bokeh, to name four.
>
> -- John
>
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