Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know about you, but I am not worried about much in 50 years. Besides, Digital will replace conventional photography long before that. Peter K > ---------- > From: Joe Stephenson[SMTP:joeleica@flash.net] > Reply To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:45 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: glass or plastic > > But Dennis, > How do we know what plastic lenes will look like in 50 years? Perhaps they > will be yellow and crazed like so much of the old plastics that one sees > now. > Sincerely, > Joe Stephenson > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 9:06 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: glass or plastic > > > >Dan Post wrote: > ><huge snip> > >> So, what's wrong with plastics? > >> Dan > > > >I don't know if anything is wrong with plastic lenses. I would say there > >is nothing wrong if a plastic lens made today is unchanged 50 years from > >now, provided it's performance is equal to or better than a glass > >counterpart. > > > >Dennis > > >