Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:31 AM 1/28/98 -0500, Lucien wrote: >BTW the front lens of the collapsible 50 is also much more prone to scratch >than the following 50's. I'm not sure this is the case. It is more likely that the soft coatings used by Leitz until the Zeiss patent expired in 1956 or 1957 rendered the coatings more subject to degradation and abrasion. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!