Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> And look at how many
> people on this list are buying and using mediocre quality
> lenses and getting average quality printing done at average
> quality labs. How many times have we read the word
> "acceptable" on this list to describe the results or the
> quality obtained by various lenses or printing. Far more than
> we've read the words "outstanding" or "exceptional".
Shel, I have a few lenses. Most of them are pretty good. Only a few *out
of that group* can be termed exceptional by my standards. I.e., when I
look at results from a lens, I'm comparing them to results from the best
lenses Pentax ever made! If that's my standard, and I find a lens that's
'acceptable' (e.g. 28-70/2.8), that's still pretty damned good!
For instance, if Paal says a lens is acceptable, dammit, I'm buying it.
OTOH, some people don't really care, but I suspect most people on this
list suffer 100+ emails a day 'cuz they are interested in good results.
One more thing...we're tech geeks, more or less. A good photograph often
doesn't have all that much to do with how technically superior the gear
is, a point you've made yourself, I believe. Some people may simply not
care too much because they want to expend their energy on being creative
and trying to see things uniquely, or spending their cash to travel
places to see unique situations.
I could go on, but fear we'd get into another gear vs. photographer
debate...
>
> No, I believe that "most people", in the e.e.cummings sense of
> the word, don't care that much to go to the extra expense,
> time, or spend the extra energy, to move up aa degree or two
> in quality. Quality always costs, and most people have other
> priorities.
I reluctantly agree, in general, though I don't like to assume it of
people in particular.
OTOH, I often find that there are people slogging along in this category
that just don't know any better. Show them how they can do things a
little better, and they're willing to try it.
tv
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