Hey folks...
I just returned yesterday from our Salton Sea workshop, so missed most of this thread while it was going on and need to weigh in...
First off, I will point you to our forum rules section and remind you that we place polite discussion above all else. So while you are welcome to disagree with the writer of the article, free to offer suggestions about how his test might have been improved, and even suggest he could have worded his feelings towards Hasselblad a bit more civilly, it does not mean you have free reign to turn to personalized attacks against him and name calling.
Secondly, I met Mark a few years ago when he was just getting into single-capture MF and I can tell you he is a good guy and is technically savvy when it comes to digital imaging. He is not a member of GetDPI that I know of, and frankly I'm not sure he even reads our site, but regardless our rules hold, and as such I remind you that he (and/or Michael Reichmann and/or the Luminous Landscape site in general) deserve to be treated respectfully. So let's get off the name calling and elevate the discussion to a more professional level going forward.
Thank you,
Jack
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PS edit: I just read the article in question and have a few additional comments. I would like to point out that Mark did in fact add a disclaimer about being biased, and while he didn't specifically indicate he was not facile with Phocus, I think the implication was there. In fact I give him credit for offering essentially the same set of disclaimers that I did when we did the S2 and P40+/P65+ comparison.
Thanks again,
I just returned yesterday from our Salton Sea workshop, so missed most of this thread while it was going on and need to weigh in...
First off, I will point you to our forum rules section and remind you that we place polite discussion above all else. So while you are welcome to disagree with the writer of the article, free to offer suggestions about how his test might have been improved, and even suggest he could have worded his feelings towards Hasselblad a bit more civilly, it does not mean you have free reign to turn to personalized attacks against him and name calling.
Secondly, I met Mark a few years ago when he was just getting into single-capture MF and I can tell you he is a good guy and is technically savvy when it comes to digital imaging. He is not a member of GetDPI that I know of, and frankly I'm not sure he even reads our site, but regardless our rules hold, and as such I remind you that he (and/or Michael Reichmann and/or the Luminous Landscape site in general) deserve to be treated respectfully. So let's get off the name calling and elevate the discussion to a more professional level going forward.
Thank you,
Jack
~~~
PS edit: I just read the article in question and have a few additional comments. I would like to point out that Mark did in fact add a disclaimer about being biased, and while he didn't specifically indicate he was not facile with Phocus, I think the implication was there. In fact I give him credit for offering essentially the same set of disclaimers that I did when we did the S2 and P40+/P65+ comparison.
Thanks again,