Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Still looking for info on Aspherical lenses
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 17:17:25 -0500
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I thought so too but I seem to recall Erwin stating that this was a myth.

dan c.

At 03:37 PM 13-02-01 -0500, Johnny Deadman wrote:
>on 2/13/01 1:41 PM, Dan Cardish at dcardish@sympatico.ca wrote:
>
>> I think that the introduction of aspherical lens elements is just another
>> tool in the bag of the designer, allowing for  simpler designs to get the
>> same level of performance in a lens.
>
>one thing that aspherical lenses let you pretty much eliminate if you so
>desire is spherical aberration.
>-- 
>Johnny Deadman
>
>http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>
>
>

In reply to: Message from Dan Cardish <dcardish@sympatico.ca> (Re: [Leica] Still looking for info on Aspherical lenses)