George,
You explained my message with much better words than I did, thinks! It is
just sometimes hard for me to write it more clear.
C.H.Ling
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From: <ClassicVW@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus lens values?
> John,
> While I haven't followed this thread too closely, you're being too hard on
> C.H., IMO. Many qualities of a lens can be measured scientifically, and
for
> other qualities it's not so easy to do. Yes, contrast can be "measured",
but
> if someone feels there's such a thing as "too much contrast", That's their
> subjective opinion, and I may or may not agree, but I know what he's
trying
> to convey. You are of the position that everything can be measured and
> categorized, but it's not that simple in photography, or someone with the
> highest intelligence who buys the most expensive equipment would
> automatically turn out the best photographs. It's just not that
mechanical.
> You also state that through modern computer codes one can accurately
> simullate all characteristics of a lens? Maybe one can *attempt* to build
a
> lens with certain characteristics, but there's just too many intangibles,
and
> most would say that "bokeh" is one of them. So is a "3D look". These are
not
> hard and fast computer codes, they're people's subjective opinions on a
lens'
> performance.
> And I also know what he means when he writes about the "color" of Canon's
> lenses, and I feel I have enough experience, and many others do also, with
> Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Leica to *generally* *accurately* describe their
> characteristics in a blind study, at least more accurately than guessing.
> You're looking at photography in too much of a numbers crunching way,
> photography is not a science, it's an art, and no amount of computer
science
> or physics can master that.
>
> George S.
>
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