Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes you are right - Leica has been a champion of what they called staggered coating but I think that now as the relevant patents have expired also Leica is moving towards true multicoating. I do not believe that there have been any uncoated lens surfaces in Leica lenses after the war. I may be biased but I think that Pentax had the best coatings - aided by Zeiss as I think Marc will soon point out. Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen nyt myös Kameralehden juttuja suomeksi - ---------- > From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Re: KINOPTIC lenses > Date: 10. joulukuuta 1998 1:04 > > > The cure is obvious - just apply good multicoating to all surfaces - > >but it is easier said than done. > >Raimo > > Sorry, but that is not they way Leica sees it. Leica has often stated that > multicoating all lens surfaces is not good. Each lens has it's own coating > formula that helps it get the consistent "Leica look." Some elements are > multicaoted, some single coated, some maybe not at all. But in the end it's > what that particular lens formula needs, not some blanket coating on all > lens elements. Nikon does it (NIC) and Zeiss does it the same way. > -- > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now