Measurbators is a word coined by Ken Rockwell to describe people obsessed about their gears, pixel-peepers and generally speaking all people taking more time to test their equipment than to actually take pictures.
Well... maybe some people are better at measuring their lenses than at actually taking pictures.
Whatever. This is the end of this blog and I am only writing this text in case someone steps by chance here and wonders why I stopped. I stopped because I have tested my lenses (this blog is a convenient way to organize my test pictures, remember?) and I am finished.
I also stop because I wonder the interest in testing lenses. In the previous posts, I discussed the measurements of Stephan Kölliker from artaphot and why I do not agree. In the past weeks, there has been another measurement of the same lenses, this time by Kurt Munger. You'll find it here on the Kurt Munger site, just don't forget to scroll down the page.
Basically, Kurt finds another set of results on the same lenses. More: he finds very different results between the Tamron and Sony 28-75 f/2.8.
The problem is that the Tamron and the Sony are identical optically. And obviously my CZ 24-70 is optically the same formula as Stephan's or Kurt's CZ. Yet, everybody finds different results. (As a side note, Kurt Munger also tested the Minolta 28mm f/2.0 and finds results different than mine as well.)
What is the point of publishing tests, then? Published tests are an indication for the potential buyer of what he can expect for a given price. I used other people's tests that way myself. But if 3 different tests give 3 different results, how could any one be relevant to the fourth lens, the one you will buy? Futile, isn't it?
So this is the end. No test any more. What's the point?