Yeah,Kevin, I thought photography itself is a geeky activity. Brick wall lens testers fit right in.
but first you have to measure and calibrate your brick wall.
-bob
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Yeah,Kevin, I thought photography itself is a geeky activity. Brick wall lens testers fit right in.
Before that, I would check the spirit level in the tripod to make sure the setup is level.Yeah,
but first you have to measure and calibrate your brick wall.
-bob
Parallelism of the sensor-plane to the wall is very important, and due to lens aberrations, one cannot trust what is in the image.Before that, I would check the spirit level in the tripod to make sure the setup is level.
It's better to concentrate on making photographs than worrying whether some geek with a resolution chart has myopia.
Yeah,
but first you have to measure and calibrate your brick wall.
-bob
Before that, I would check the spirit level in the tripod to make sure the setup is level.
Heh. I love it when people make jokes about reviews and reviewers. Personally I am very fund of many lenses and I try to fight this habit of buying fast primes in my endless search for the holy grail.(...) death to lens tests
Nah, you don't! I think you're right, he changed his methodology a couple of times before settling on this.Good news, the photozone tests seem really useful again. Bad news (but altogether too frequent news) I look like a moron...
Ken
I do not think Bob was making remarks nonchalantly. Nor was I.Heh. I love it when people make jokes about reviews and reviewers. Personally I am very fund of many lenses and I try to fight this habit of buying fast primes in my endless search for the holy grail.
Then I have to apology. You were probably all dead serious. I'm sorry for reading and phrasing myself in such a sloppy way. What can you expect from anybody looking at lens and camera reviews before buying?I do not think Bob was making remarks nonchalantly. Nor was I.
From your summary, in comparison, perhaps I might have invested more time and resources than you in attempting to get at what you describe as the "holy grail".
The truth (for me) is that grail is non existent.
I have "perfect" lenses (very many of them) and even the latest "more than perfect" Pana 20/1.7.
Though tools and techniques are essential for every photographer, photography itself (i mean the "final picture") is more than all of this.
As the bard said- there is more to photography than it can be dreamt of in any (or all of) lens tests, gear tests and even system tests.