Pop Photo's long standing testing method is confined on the lens only. As I roughly understand it, the lenses are firmly affixed to a bench, a beam of light (laser?) shown through them and by some unknown method, the light dispersion (or?) is/are then measured. They have always referred to their published results as being "subjective." Suppose they are referring to the converting of measured results to print sizes.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 6:47 AM Subject: Re: DXOMark Pentax Lens Tests Back in the antediluvian age of film, Modern Photography, or maybe it was Popular Photography after they absorbed Modern, adopted the 43mm limited as their reference lens because it was the best all around lens they had ever tested. That lens hasn't changed since then really, so testing criteria must have. On 11/20/2012 5:04 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > I'm sort of in a funk after reading DXO's Pentax lens test results. Even > allowing for some older MP and camera technology, as a test group they > demonstrate pitiful performance. > I dare anyone to make me feel better? > Jack > -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
