[LRflex] Re: An Erwin Puts Quote
- From: David Simms <simmszee@xxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 20:02:27 -0700 (PDT)
Erwin Puts may be getting paid by Leica to provide his unbiased opinion
regarding their products. Personally, that's what I'd like to believe.
I'm now 63 and I've been using leicas since I was 20. I have used many of the
lenses that Erwin has reviewed and I find his comments accurate. He has not
only reviewed the resolution and contrast of various lenses but, as a user, he
has also commented accurately on less quantifiable aspects such as flare. A lot
of what he says can be deduced from the manufacturer's MTF curves but these,
too, have been corroborated by other independent sources. www.photodo.com, a
Swedish website used to publish independent MTF curves of lenses from many
manufacturers and these tests establish many Leica lenses as the best on the
market. N.B. not every Leica lens has been a hands-down winner.
Although I am also drawn into the "follow the money" argument with regard to
politics and, most disappointingly, with regard to many environmental groups, I
can't see that it applies in Erwin's case. He writes a thorough report from an
expert point of view and I think that he does his best to be as honest as
possible.
Dave, in the backwoods of BC.
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From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 9:50:10 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: An Erwin Puts Quote
On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Richard Ward wrote:
> Query: Why does Erwin Puts 'Day Job' get him lumped in with the 'dastardly'
> politicians? At least with some observers?
> Not like the guy expense accounted taking young donors to a 'Voyeur' naked
> lady club!
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> :-)
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> Heck he seems to praise Nik's, Can's, Oly's, Voigtlanders, Zeiss', and
> criticizes them on same yardsticks as the Leicas.
he's in their pocket, with an elastic yardstick and moral code, like that of a
politician.
Steve
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> R in Mi.
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> From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 12:17:24 PM
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: An Erwin Puts Quote
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> Steve Barbour wrote:
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>> Richard Ward wrote:
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>>> Hi Group,
>>> just wanted to post a paragraph I found on Erwin Puts website
>> (http://www.imx.nl/photo/index.html), specifically in a blog post
>> discussing 'choices'.
>>> "If Leica photographers would use only a fraction of their time they now
>>> spend on the internet discussing things Leica, for taking pictures in
>>> whatever way they seem fit, the quality of Leica imagery would explode.
>>> Taking and consuming Leica pictures is more satisfying than talking
>>> about Leica cameras. Leica cameras are not perfect. There never were."
>>> One of the things I love about this 'List' is the emphasis
>> people place upon making and sharing images. Maybe it's the
>> orphaning of R cameras, but I prefer to think it's the quality of
>> the company we're keeping here that makes the 'image' take
>> dominance. I also don't recall ever seeing an image of a test
>> chart, a newspaper, or a brick wall here. :-) I kind of like that. A lot.
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>> absolutely true, it's all about the image...
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>> makes me wonder why Erwin spends so much of his time shooting test charts.
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> Because he's paid to... by Leica, amongst others.
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