I too detest testing without a need especially by photographers that really don't have much to say. I do need to know what lenses are the best for my purposes though. BTW, I also find banality funny like you do.
Dear Peter, Thanks to your instructions, I was able to remove the fungus inside my Minolta 28-135 zoom. I managed to get it back together, but now my autofocus has slow focus and seems to "hunt" that is go back and forth for some cycles before the focus is correct. This does not happen with my other Minolta lenses. Any ideas? I changed the battery to a new one to see if that would help with no change observed.