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- From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (steve hix)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: _Consumer Reports_ believable on cameras?
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 20:45:10 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- References: <1992Nov17.154623.44888@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <fred-mckenzie-181192170913@k4dii.ksc.nasa.gov>
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- >In article <1992Nov17.154623.44888@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,(Christopher Gunn) wrote:
- >
- >>Do people with real knowledge of
- >> cameras think _CU_ does a good job?
-
- No.
-
- Well, maybe a little:
-
- Years ago, CU compared professional 35mm SLR systems (in this case, the
- Canon F-1 vs Nikon F2 and lenses).
-
- Their conclusion? The Canon system couldn't be considered to be a "real"
- fully-pro system, since it didn't offer as many fisheye lenses as did
- Nikon.
-
- This, of course, would have also downgraded Leica for the same reason.
-
- When comparing bicycles, in the same vein, they marked down ones whose
- brakes could be adjusted so that you could lock up the rear or front
- wheels by squeezing the brake levers hard enough. Note that brakes
- adusted so that they *can't* be locked up are far less safe than the
- alternate. (How do you ensure that the wheels will almost-but-not-quite
- lock up at all speed/weight/road surface conditions?)
-
- You *can* get good information from them, on things like soap and cereal.
-
- You can also get good information from their camera/bicycle/othertechnicalthing
- tests, but once past quantifiable items like price, weight, number of lenses in
- the system, you're on your own.
-
-
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