No lens line can be described as superior (except Leica perhaps). All lines have good, mediocre and poor - and some excellents like Pentax Limiteds. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Alan Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 23. maaliskuuta 2003 23:00 Aihe: Re: Lens tests (was: Pentax <--> Canon) >>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 >
