No worries Bif ... I know your intentions are always honorable ... it\'s only your methods that are deviant.
Using the wine analogy ... I can taste a wine today and find it \"just right\" ... tomorrow, I may revisit that same vintage and find it \"too sweet\" as my pallete changed, rather than the wine. +1 @ people can be swayed by suggestion ... but that is \"drinking the kool-aid\". This group is not about kool-aid ... it is about knowledge and nuance.
When I first stumbled upon the Alt Forum ... I didn\'t know the first thing about \"drawing style\" or CA or 3D or bokeh. I couldn\'t tell the difference between a Leica and a lemon.
Thanks to the proliferation of generosity of our fellow FM\'ers ... I truly know what to expect (preferred/unpreferred) out of most all of my glass on any given day, for any given task. I was as ignorant as it comes to the differences when I first found the Alt Forum.
Despite the fact that it took me a while to start seeing the differences in CA, bokeh, color, sharpness, distortion, etc. ... I did LEARN from those who were so willing to share and teach ... rather than argue with them that it didn\'t exist and didn\'t matter. Instead, I\'d ask why ... and they\'d tell me. If I didn\'t \"get it\" I\'d ask why again ... or I\'d simply lurk and watch to try & figure it out ... and ask why yet again.
I\'m by no means an expert @ Zeiss or anything ... but I do have a strong appreciation for our fellow FM\'ers who are so willing to share. It just torques me at the likes of those who come into the Alt Forum and staunchly refute the vast array and wealth of knowledge the exists here ... clamoring about \"no difference\", kool-aid, etc. ... which just make me want to say:
\"Yup, you\'re right. No difference at all.\"
BTW ... Bif, thanks for the exercise ... we appreciate the effort to tantalize our minds.
