Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, considering Leitz' luck with lenses from the late 40s/ early fifties, I'd expect the plastic to get cloudy, separate, have the coatings rub off, etc. But not to worry, the true believers will ignore this and blame it on the cow sperm or whatever lubricants they're using. The off- brand japanese lenses (bower, etc.) should be fine, however, according to history. As to filmless photography, the world may change to digital, but Leica is immune to that. The REAL photographers will still emulate HCB, Lee Friedlander, and Garry Winogrand (hic) with their M-12-P bodies and their 50mm f.68 Noctilux II lenses, while discussing stashes of l990 scotch and cuban cigars and Porsche 966s and other things that the "commoners" don't understand. But I, like you, Peter, won't care about it....I'll be drinking Boones farm and jammin' with B.B., Stevie Vaughan, and the rest. :) :) :) Walt On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: > 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 > > > > > >