Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal wrote: > > On 07-05-2001 00:53, lucien wrote: > > >Are you sure ? > > Well, I've read this in some place, but I don't seem to find the > reference to it anymore... > > If you look at Leica litterature, they are quite ambivalent about this: > "ground and polished according to a new Leica procédé". No clear > indication of what exact method was used to obtain the aspheric element. > > But, if the method used was like most other aspheric lenses they use > (ceramic moulding of raw heated glass blanks), then why don't they give > the lens the coveted ASPH name ? Note that it is the only lens that has > an aspheric element without them advertising the fact in its designation. > Very odd, given the marketing effect the ASPH designation has. > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > --------- > Visit my Leica photo pages at http://members.nbci.com/cyberplace > --------- > <<< PGP public key available upon request >>> - -- Lucien van Dievoet Director United Business Institutes (UBI-Brussels) Avenue Marnix, 20 B-1000 Brussels - Belgium Tel: +32-(0)2-548 04 80 Fax: +32-(0)2-548 04 89 E-mail: director@ubi.edu Internet: http://www.ubi.edu - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is confidential; its contents do not constitute a commitment by UBI except where provided for in a written agreement between you and UBI. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either whole or partial, is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of the message, please notify the sender immediately. Ce message est confidentiel ; son contenu ne représente en aucun cas un engagement de la part de UBI sous réserve de tout accord conclu par écrit entre vous et UBI. Toute publication, utilisation ou diffusion, même partielle, doit être autorisée préalablement. Si vous n'êtes pas destinataire de ce message, merci d'en avertir immédiatement l'expéditeur.