No one here argues against lens quality. The more the better, of course.
But the quality of the lens for any given picture is just not much of an
issue. Take that shot of yours of those beasts in the field. Nice shot. It
could, however, been rendered by a hundred different lenses on the market,
past, present and future, and no, you would not be able to pluck your Zuiko
sample from that. And neither would I be able to.
That's the reality.
Lenses are nice to talk about and drool over. Other things being equal a
superior lens will give you a slightly improved image. Telling that
difference afterward is problematic. So what does this all want to say
about the importance of lenses in the greater scheme of things? I don't
know, exactly, but I do know there are dynamics at work in photographer
much more pressing than glass.
Tris
At 11:09 PM 7/27/01 +0800, you wrote:
Certainly there can be big different in performance between different brand
of lenses, it need experience and trained eyes to see. You may not be able
to identify the shooting lenses from a photo but you will know it by side to
side compare. When you are experience enough, use a lens for a few times you
will immediately know its characters and each lens do have its own (of
course some may be very similar), you need to know it very well in order to
make the best use out of it.
Lens may be the least important item for a good shot, but it is the factor
most easy to control. Artistic mind, good lighting, technical know-how and
experience are the things that money cannot buy. Just a good lens cannot
make a good shot, but it can make the good shot better.
My two cents.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tris Schuler" <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> As for exposure issues: I leave that up to my 4T's as a rule. They're
> marvelously accurate and consistently so--the (averaging) spot function is
> a godsend. If it's after dark and a tripod's called for then I can always
> drag out the Gossen. I didn't buy it for nothing. Meanwhile, the lens can
> and must only do so much, and no amount of fretting about that or worrying
> over the difference will ultimately affect the picture I end up with down
> the road,
>
> I just don't see a lens as the critical link in the chain. I see the
> photographer as that. Next, the film. Finally, existing light conditions.
> lenses are lenses and while I love Zuiko glass and know it be of excellent
> quality as a rule, I doubt if there are many photographers in the world
who
> could tell the difference in images rendered by Zuiko and the next brand.
> Could you? I doubt I could, and I'm not about to worry about this late in
> the game.
>
> Tris
>
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