Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/07

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Subject: Vs: [Leica] 90mm recommendations: Apo-Lanthar question
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 10:45:02 +0100

It could - because apochromatic correction has nothing to do with spectral transmission - APOs just correct the 3 primary colours to same plane.
All the best!
Raimo
Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Päivä: 07. tammikuuta 2001 3:52
Aihe: Re: [Leica] 90mm recommendations: Apo-Lanthar question


>Rob McElroy jotted down the following:
>
>> Do you know if the new Voigtlander 90mm/f3.5 Apo-Lanthar is using the
>> lanthanum glass that the original 1960's large format Apo-Lanthar lenses used?
>> The sharpness and contrast of these large format lenses is quite legendary but
>> they have a distinct yellow cast, easily visible when looking through the
>> lens.  
>
>Could someone please explain to me how a supposedly apochromatically
>corrected lens managed to throw a yellow cast on everything it puts on the
>film?
>
>M.
>
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