[Sylvain]

[quote name='Klaus' date='14 June 2010 - 06:46 PM' timestamp='1276537606' post='509']

What's so bad about a centering check ? :-)

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@Joachim, depends on the lens. Among my Canon lenses, my 10-22 was named Walther (for WA-lther : wide angle) and because it delivered like a real macho not even afraid of the sun. My 17-55 is just named erhmm 17-55 because as sharp and effective this lens is, I feel it has absolutely no charisma (IMHO, not wide enough, not longh enough, not light enough, not tight enough, not cheap enough...the list goes on, still like it, I guess). My 70-200 f4is is named "Lilly" nickname for "Little White". The Sigma 30EX is Sigfried but just because Sigfried sounds cool and sharp (undeservedly so



This one is a she because it's small, poor but sexy (Berlin, anyone?). Haven't found her a name yet though!Maybe winnie?



@Klaus, cheeky <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />! As I said, I don't do brickwalls but I do check for obvious flaws myself ;-). It was more because I just had it and kinda lost habit of shooting wide and was facing the blank page(aka lack of inspiration). Aaand there's nothing wrong with supporting our Heimat!



Greetings,

S.

[joachim]

[quote name='Klaus' date='14 June 2010 - 06:46 PM' timestamp='1276537606' post='509']

What's so bad about a centering check ? :-)

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There is nothing wrong with a centering check every now and then. I didn't know you offered this service <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />



I was more thinking, that you are more keen to test lenses with a lot of current interest than "last years fashion" <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[Klaus]

[quote name='joachim' date='15 June 2010 - 09:11 AM' timestamp='1276585885' post='529']

There is nothing wrong with a centering check every now and then. I didn't know you offered this service <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />



I was more thinking, that you are more keen to test lenses with a lot of current interest than "last years fashion" <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Actually I think that the interest for micro-system is accelerating at a quite breathtaking speed. You may have noticed that both dpreview as well as dslrgear have primarily tested micro-format lenses lately. The demand for information is surely not as high as for DSLRs but certainly higher than for classic 4/3, Pentax and also Sony Alpha.



PS: I think it's a bit a of win-win situation - if someone purchases a new lens he can send it over for checking (and from our perspective for testing). In fact we've tested a couple of lenses that went straight back to the dealer to take advantage of the usual 14-day return policy. The latter works for German fellows only and we do really require a minimal sanity check by the owner. Tt doesn't make sense to test lenses with a known centering issue, of course.