Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspect that a multicoated B+W UV filter would indeed improve upon the Kinoptic lens flare susceptibility. It would be worth a try. This flare problem is not a fable. Many years ago, John Knight (Leicaphile, upstate NY) was about to buy a Kinoptic and I warned him about the flare problem. He tested the lens, didn't buy it, and thanked me over and over for the heads-up. Jim At 02:44 PM 12/8/98 -0500, you wrote: >Jim- This is a serious question: If the lenses have shitty coating, but are >otherwise incredible, what would happen if one put a well-coated UV filter - >B&H or Heliopan - or Leica - on them? Wouldn't that solve the problem? Or am >I missing something really obvious here? > >B. D. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Brick >> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 1998 2:18 PM >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >> Subject: [Leica] Re: KINOPTIC lenses >> >> >> For my Alpa system, I had the 100mm APO Kinoptic and the 150mm APO >> Kinoptic. These lenses were so sharp, they ate resolution charts >> for lunch. >> BUT their lens coating was a real dog. High contrast subjects, any stray >> light (just a reflection off of a tree leaf) would cause a >> visible level of >> flare. But were they ever sharp! You just had to be very careful >> where you >> used them. Basically, in the shade. >> >> Jim >> >> At 07:30 PM 12/8/98 +0100, you wrote: >> >In last Popular Photography (12/98) page 166 >> > >> >KINOPTIC lenses in T-mounts: >> > >> >snip.... >> >Now , however, Kinoptik is supplying its line of nine 35mm lenses in >> T-mounts. >> >Result? These French made lenses can now be used on almost all >> manual focus >> >35mms >> >(rangefinders included), plus a handful of AF SLRs, too. >> >Half of the Kinoptik lenses, which range from 50mm f/2 to 1000mm f/8 are >> >Apochromats; >> >four are true macros focusing to 1:1; and all are covered by lifetime >> >warranties. >> >(Heiz Service, 34-11 62nd St., NY 11377.) >> > >> >Did one of the LUGers tried those lenses ? >> > >> >Lucien >> >> >