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Re: [OM] Photodo lens sharpness ratings

Subject: Re: [OM] Photodo lens sharpness ratings
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:58:04 -0700
At 11:57 PM 6/14/2000 -0700, Jan Steinman wrote:
 >35mm is a hammer; large format is a screwdriver...

Interesting metaphor, Jan.  Can you unpack it a little?  Does the "hammer"
image suggest a medium that is powerful but also more crude?

I just used "hammer" and "screwdriver" as general-purpose symbols. Thinking in terms of precision, One might say LF should be carefully tweaked like a screwdriver, whereas 35mm CAN BE just slammed onto any scene without much thought or effort.

On the other hand, having carried a Linhoff Super Technika, four lenses, loupe, light meter, drape, and heavy tripod a few miles on Tuesday, perhaps it's LF that is the hammer, based on weight alone... I think Tom has talked me into getting a motor drive (SUV) for my LF gear. (There, I've done it -- every OM-list topic must eventually involve SUVs... :-)

Metaphors are like poetry -- in the eye of the beholder!

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: Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>

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