Hi, > So, might not mediocrity be a pretty specific condition, just as excellence > might? Might it not be of benefit to the user to know the design > parameters of a lens before purchasing, using, or passing judgement on its > quality? Perhaps it would benefit the manufacturers to provide such > information so the user can make a better informed decision wrt to purchase > and use. It's rare (I think) that such information is available, or easily > so.
one definition of quality is 'fitness for purpose'. If they don't tell you what the purpose is, you can't moan about the fitness! <g> I happened to be looking through one of the old Pentax lens brochures the other day, and I noted that some of the lens descriptions single out certain qualities, such as 'pleasing out-of-focus areas'. Disregarding the subjective nature of 'pleasing', I suppose you could generally infer from such descriptions what they intended the lens to be used for, and work backwards to figure out what not to use it for. -- Cheers, Bob
