On 22 October 2010 13:04, Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> wrote: > Jaume Lahuerta wrote: > >> Dario's answer is: lens 'ecosystem' and IQ is not that important. > > IQ is important, but it is not always the main factor in determining > success.
The other problem with IQ is that it's an intangible quantity that cannot be measured--it is also highly subjective. The other day on a thread discussing some Pentax camera or other someone said something to the effect of "Canon's IQ is superior", and he said it in a matter-of-fact way that lead me to believe HE believed it to be an Ultimate Truth. I'm sure Canon's propaganda machine added another notch to its belt after his post. It's not the first time I've heard or read comments like these, and I draw two conclusions: 1) IQ is highly subjective. 2) Those who don't have a preference will go with the company who's propaganda machine is most effective. The only absolute statement I make about IQ is in regards to Olympus's JPEGs; to me they are simply the best in the business. Note that I still had to say "to me". > Sure IQ is important for us. But we are a minority in the market. > Furthermore, if we had to rank the current cameras in order of IQ, I'm sure > we'll see as many different rankings as the folks entering them. And we are > supposed to be "the experts"... go figure! > So I mean that anyone convinced to have bought into the best system can be > happy with the gear he/she bought, because the current equipment is > exceeding most needs. At home I have four 50x70cm prints hanging on the > walls, one was shot with the *istD, another three came from the K10D and one > is a K20D shot. From time to time I ask people (I mean keen amateurs > photographers) to tell which one was shot with which camera, and no one so > far has been capable to get it right. Even worse, sometimes I fool those > poor folks telling them one of the pics was shot with medium format film.... > Guess what? All of the pics have been 'recognized' as medium format shots by > different folks. > At the end, the best system is the one giving the owner the confidence to be > the best. The victory goes to the marketing in its wider incarnation > (including supplying better IQ and let people know that). > > Dario I agree with your conclusion, Dario. I have a large print (about 35x46 cm) taken with a 6MP P&S; nobody ever guesses it wasn't taken with a DSLR. --M. -- \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
