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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sun Nov 23 10:11:34 2008
References: <20081123114611.312151BF28D@ws1-10.us4.outblaze.com> <969F46E6-7B00-4431-864E-37B860BF60E9@embarqmail.com> <4AE8990C-C0EA-4C66-B1FF-6645A842A389@telefonica.net> <49298168.9030102@runbox.com> <41942851-9653-42B1-AE5F-904EAD5D97BD@telefonica.net>

Yes, that is one of my favorite lenses. The metal on them leaves 
something to be desired, but the glass is very nice.

Lluis Ripoll wrote:
> Jeffery,
>
> I still remember your pics with the Sonnar 50/1,5, if I'm not wrong, 
> the post war version was one of the first coated lenses (single coated).
>
> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
>
> El 23/11/2008, a las 17:14, Jeffery Smith escribi?:
>
>> I have sought out and bought several single coated lenses from 
>> Voigtlander simply because I like their lower contrast look in B&W. I 
>> can manipulate lower contrast photos to make them higher contrast, 
>> but the reverse certainly doesn't work as well for me (FOR ME, guys, 
>> so don't write me a rebuttal!).
>>
>> Jeffery
>>
>> Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>> I would like to introduce, what is for me a different concept,
>>>
>>> Coating or Multi-Coating?
>>>
>>> Multi coating is of course technologically improved, IMHO I'm very 
>>> happy with a coated lens, just to improve a certain flare without 
>>> eliminating the parasite light. It seems that today nobody else talk 
>>> about "The Glamour", nobody else talk as Ivor Matanle says on page 
>>> 156 pn a portarit of his wife with the 150 mm Triotar "... The 
>>> softness of the image in the out-of-focus areas is quite different 
>>> in character from that achieved by modern japanese lenses".
>>>
>>> Everyone one of us has his own preferences and targets, for me 
>>> perfection is not directly implied with beauty. For me the 
>>> photography is still an art of the imaginary world, where sometimes 
>>> we are finishing the edition work in our mind. For me perfection by 
>>> himself is nathing more than perfection, for me the value of an 
>>> image is much more important.
>>>
>>> Can every one imagine the Edward Weston, Man Ray, HCB... and many 
>>> others improved pictures?, IMHO what we should work to improve is 
>>> our creatitivty, with all the respect for all, we are only following 
>>> and technically improving the great creative work of the Masters of 
>>> the past.
>>>
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>> Lluis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El 23/11/2008, a las 15:14, Ric Carter escribi?:
>>>
>>>> curious--
>>>>
>>>> how much does it cost and who did it?
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> ric
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 23, 2008, at 6:46 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 've seen a 50/2 rigid Summicron that was multicoated recently and 
>>>>> it is amazing to see the difference it made when compared to its 
>>>>> previous scratched state.
>>>>
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