Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] KINOPTIC lenses
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 08:07:01 -0600

>IMHO it is the superior control of the adverse potental effects of internal
>reflections which is the dominant factor in the real life superiority many
>people observe in Leica lenses.

That is ONE factor. There are many, many more. Correction of astigmatism,
chromatic aberration, etc. etc., and more importantly, the way they are
balanced against each other. That's what gives Leica its character.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch