you weren't able to account for sample to sample variation, which may be larger than the differences you saw. that's the trouble with these. very few people have the access to the number of different samples of the same lens, let alone have the inclination and patience to do the tests.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pdml" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 16:03 Subject: Joe's Homemade Lens Tests > It is surprising that the much-vaunted FA* 24 and FA 35 did not perform > better. The FA 28 looks good. We are often asked about this lens on the > list. I feel we can recommend it. Also very good, as we already knew, is > the FA 20-35.