On May 13, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
I'm not sure how to take your post - whether you're trying to be funny,
sarcastic, caustic, condescending, or judgmental. Maybe all of those
things.
hmmm, I guess I could say the same thing about the rest of your message.
So, just to be clear, I like the way the lens looks on the camera, but more
important, I like the way to feels. Its size, the focus feel, the way it's
layed out where I can focus with a finger and my hand in a comfortable
position, its weight, its construction, the way it feels on the MX - all of
these things are considerations for me and would cause me to choose one
lens over another as long as the optical qualities were to my liking.
Considering that the comments about the qualities of the lens, from people
whose opinions I appreciate and respect because we have similar tastes,
and who have not provided information that I found wanting in the past, and
based upon images that I've seen that have been made by various samples of
the 77mm, I'm pretty damned sure that "The lens could very well end up
being my favorite 35mm SLR lens." Note also the qualifier - could.
Shel
Interesting phrase, where you said, "...who have not provided information that I have found wanting in the past..."
Whatever do you mean? Is this a dig at me? Such convolution can't be an accident.
For what it's worth, I have owned and used a 77 pretty much since the day they came out, even ran a few frames past one before they came out, and I love the lens.
And you can take my comment the way it was intended. Note the <smirk> in my message, which indicated I was just being silly.
Apparently you harbor some ill will toward me, for whatever reason. That's up to you, If it's true, I can tell you it's pointless, because it won't affect me at all. If not, no worries either.
Have a great day.
Doug
