Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/19
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On 19 Jul 97, Lucien_vD wrote:
<snip>
> "At the end, only the aspheric lens is made of <plastic> ! "
>
> Erwin, is this true ??
>
> I think that they make that mistake because they don't think it is
> possible to mold glass. And also because now there is a lot of plastic
> aspheric lens in cheap zoom.
I don't know about the 35/2 ASPH, but Leica has definitely stated that the
process on the 35/1.4 ASPH involves a new method of molding *glass* for
the aspherical element.
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Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
Leica Historical Society Of America
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
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