To get an idea of how meaningless most lens tests are, read Mike Johnston's excellent article on lens contrast and MTF on the Luminous Landscape web site: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/lens-contrast.shtml
I agree that lens tests don't mean much in practice. I just tried to show that when someone said Pentax scored well in tests, everyone's happy. When someone said the opposite, everyone started to defend how good Pentax lenses are, or even better than Canon or Nikon. I know SMC is excellent on flare control. But I just wonder, where is the hard evidence to prove SMC lenses are superior in general (at least not in test results I have read so far)?
regards, Alan Chan
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