I've tested lots of cameras and all I got was this t-shirt

[P3D Jamie Drouin <jdrouin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob wrote:
>RE: Jamie claims the six he has "tested" at infinity failed to
>deliver? And thinks makers might have designed them for 8-12 feet for
>back yard mom and pop photos?
>Well, I can tell Jamie is an artist and not engineer or tech.

        And you'd be right...but that does not mean that I do not
understand what a sharp image looks like, and how (ideally) a camera should
perform.

        I "tested" all of these cameras in the field, where they should be,
under a variety of situations reflecting normal picture-making conditions.
I also compare the same scene made handheld and on a tri-pod (w/cable
release), again, to reflect the many situations under which the camera will
be used.  There is NOTHING worse than not knowing what quality you will end
up with with a given camera, therefore I always give each new aquisition a
complete "test" before ever making any real pictures with it.  I do not
want any surprises.

>I think people forget that the Realist was made by an instument maker
>David White..whose made transits and levels and still do. They tended
>to make things accurate.

        I'm sure their quality control was very good, but this does not
make them exempt from poor lens alignment and infinity settings.  Leitz
could be considered the benchmark for quality control in many eyes, but I
have found problems with their equipment as well (just far fewer times ;-).


        Whoever made the camera, few could not benefit from a good
re-adjustment...especially when it comes to the infinity setting.


                       :-)jamie (an artist with very high quality standards)

Jamie Drouin Photography
http://www.islandnet.com/~jdrouin

'the means...exceed the measure of the imaginable'
 Hans Kessler, 16 April, 1933



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