----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell"
Subject: RE: Arghhh.... My Tokina AT-X ProII 28-70mm sucks big time (Lens test results) !!
well it would be pretty dumb for the original poster to make a general statement that the tokina lens was more flare prone than the SMC pentax without assuming similar working condtions when making the comparison. I give him more credit than that. Are you trying to say he could be comparing SMC lenses with hoods to the Tokina without and then declarinig the tokina as more flare prone in error due to really faulty testing? jeeze...
I'm saying that unless the poster has specified that he has made a formal test, you can't presume that he has.
Well, I suppose you can, and have.
It is entirely possible that he has come to the conclusion that one lens is a bit more prone to flare as a general impression made by shooting with both lenses in a variety of situations over a period of time, and finding that one lens is more flare prone than another one by looking at the resulting pictures.
It happens that way, and the statement can be just as valid as a conclusion from a formal test.
Quite often, a photographer who is not visually challenged, can make some pretty valid observations by using the equipment for taking pictures.
I expect you won't give this much credence.
Unless the original poster steps up and indicates how he has concluded that one lens is more problematic than another, neither of us know what, if any, his test procedures involved.
Of course now that the famous JCO may have declared him dumb, he may not want to.....
William Robb
