Kenny Boy's data is suspect, his methods are sloppy and his mother
dresses him funny.
He is the master of the Hands Off review. The fact that he has never
handled or necessarily even read someone else' review of a piece of
equipment is no impediment to him writing his own highly opinionated
review of said equipment.
Personally I'd rather be dragged naked through a parking lot full of
broken glass, than read more than the first sentence in that particular
screed, and I feel embarrassed that I actually clicked on the link and
helped drive up his hit count.
By the way lens sharpness is really a combination of resolution and
contrast, and is quite subjective, so he starts out from an incorrect
premiss from his first sentence..
On 8/31/2012 1:15 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
Alright. I had a Ranger IPA and let the desire to unsubscribe pass. My
Quality of Life Index stinks bad enough right now without cutting
myself off from PDML (you see, I clearly have masochistic tendencies).
: \
I realize that "Kenny Boy" is a widely reviled character here on PDML
(and beyond), and I'm not clear if this is because his information or
conclusion is (often?) wrong, or if he is just hated as a Pontificator
(or worse, Nikon Fanboy).
: )
If I may, I would like to ask you to please "hold your noses" and tell
me, specifically, what you disagree with in the following Kenny Boy
essay on the subject of lens sharpness:
http://kenrockwell.com/tech/lens-sharpness.htm Please think of this as
a weekend diversion, should you not have time for it today. In
addition, if you have a link to share that you think discusses this
subject (lens sharpness) more lucidly, please pass that along.
I'd also like to add one more layer of complexity to the discussion,
but that will (hopefully) come later. I don't want to "muddy the
waters" with it right now.
I realize that the bottom line (cop-out answer) that one can't argue
with is "don't worry about it... just take pictures with what you've
got" and while I agree with that sentiment, it doesn't make my desire
to understand all of the variables to obtaining a good image go away.
Thanks in advance for any opinions you care to share.
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Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthly search.
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