Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > The lens tests of an earlier generation, from Popular Photography and > Modern Photography magazines amongst others, were made on an optical > bench and measured via instrumentation, IIRC.
OK, that was fine for knowing maximum lens performance, in case someone one day will invent a better film than the Cheapocolor I was using then :-) > People quoted the > resolution numbers religiously ... still do here! ... and nobody ever > used a lens that way either. :-) Any test can be useful once you (try to) understand its meaning and limits. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

