Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/10/05

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To: Ichiro Suzuki <suzuki@blatz.cs.uwm.edu>, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: filter coating
From: beamon@primenet.com (Roger L. Beamon)
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 16:18:21 -0700
Cc: suzuki@blatz.cs.uwm.edu
 
At 08:02 AM 10/5/95 -0500, Ichiro Suzuki wrote:
>I found Kenko (MC) and Contax filters to have visibly less reflection
>than Leica filters (all recent ones). Has anyone compared the reflection
>of B+W *Multi Coated* filters against those mentioned above?
>(It seems most B+W filters advertised are single coated, and I found
>that they have much stronger reflection than Kenko (MC), Contax and
>Leica filters.) Thanks.

B+W recently sent me their complete literature. They say that their filters
*are* multicoated. I've only used B+W on my Canon 1N, and the uses haven't
been scientific, but so far so good. No discernable reflections.

Roger Beamon,   Natural History Interpreter & Photographer
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