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There is obviously a point to my abstract ramblings, and that point is one that quite specifically relates to lenses. It is perhaps where the whole, when viewed as such, hides the imperfections or where like a jigsaw puzzle, all the previously apparently disparate shapes slot together to form a perfectly formed picture… Lenses and perfection It is where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Perfection, true perfection, is therefore about harmony. And if even just one of the things is taken away and replaced with something else – even if the replacement is the closest thing that society would deem as the perfect iteration of that thing – the whole can fall apart.

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As when one thing is entirely right and correct for another, or indeed where a series of things work together just right in harmony, as sense of perfection can become apparent. Either might fit, but there is just as much chance, if not more, that what fits is something else in between.Īnd this “fit for purpose” is actually what gives way to true perfection for me. This might be an individual person, usage case, or moment in time, whatever, but it is where societally defined perfection, or indeed the contrarian created opposite doesn’t necessarily fit. What I mean by this, is that in a society when one direction pushes perfection and the other direction pushes the contrary, what can be overlooked is the thing that is right for the individual. What I find odd about all this is that – for want of a slightly better phrase – “fit for purpose” can be missed or overlooked. This can give rise to fashions and fads and of course some of those fashions and fads rise to such levels of popularity that they themselves are integrated into, or perhaps even change what society sees as normal… or even perfect.

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These norms, even ones that are focused on supposed “perfection”, give rise to contrarians and rebels those who like to break free from what is widely accepted and perpetuated as normal and in one way or another pursue the abnormal, or the imperfect. Then again, there will always be a place for people liking something different. I’m sure you can think of examples how modern society has defined “perfect” to be normal in a way that is of unnecessary detriment to the alternative…? Bizarrely these opinions, once taken on in volume can somehow – despite all logic – become the norm. I think sometimes people just get hypnotised by general consensus – everyone else seems to think “this” is good, so never mind the “other”. To my mind this is something that sometimes seems to get forgotten. I suppose in mathematical terms I’m talking about the mode, rather than the mean average, but you get my point. Really, more often than not, they are just the thing that most appeals to the most amount of people for the most reasons. In actuality, the things in society that are widely regarded as perfect, are – in my opinion – better regarded as the average. One mans trash is another’s treasure being the well known adage that sums this up nicely. The problem with defining flaws in any subject where there is even the remotest chance of subjective opinion affecting the issue, is that personal taste gets in the way. Perfect can be defined as “without flaws” but to have something that has no flaws you must first define what constitutes a flaw. I think before I get into discussing perfection in lenses specifically, it might be valuable for me describe what I see as perfection by definition. 5 The also Imperfect Leitz Summarit 50mm f1.5.3 The misinterpretation of incompatible as a cause of disharmony.But which is the right character? Should we pursuing perfection in our lenses character, or imperfection? And is imperfection in lenses actually a potential source of perfection in the photographic outcome? Of course, outside of these extreme examples, it can be said that all lenses have a character of some sort, and when buying a lens it’s that character we are choosing. Then there’s the use of antique petzvel or aerial reconnaissance lenses to create crazy swirling bokeh. Extreme examples of this are the lomo crowd and their plastic lenses. Though despite this, in recent years there has been somewhat of a trend for the opposite, a trend for using lenses that impart an arguably imperfect character on to an image. Perfect vision, or perfect eyes are always going to be an advantage in seeing, and many would argue the same can be said for the lens of cameras. Lenses are like the eyes of our cameras, they don’t process information, they just transmit it to what’s behind.

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