Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:39 AM 12/19/97 -0800, you wrote: >I think you might point out to Chuck next time that among others, Konica >produced a 300 mm lens in the 70's that had a flourite element. Like I >said, the info on the 400 Nikkor is contradictory (this is the first >400/5.6, before they called any lens 'ED' and started to use the gold band) >but the Konica lens is well known. I had one for a number of years, and it >was superb. The key words there was "in the 70s." Several manufacturers did at one time use flourites. I believe some old Nikon lenses used them. I, and Chuck, were talking about what is being manufactured. Not what WAS being manufactured. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch A good pun is its own reword.