Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Zeiss came out with their micro multi coating quickly after Asahi Pentax the rest of the camera companies you had to wait a few years before they announced theirs. >From the Rollei list we were repeatedly told it was a Asahi Pentax - Zeiss joint effort seemed plausible enough at the time its not being corroborated right now with Bing/Google searches. On 4/25/15 1:30 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > As I recall the Super-Multi-Coating announcements only OCLI was involved in > development of the process Asahi Optical Company (Pentax) used. I have no > idea how Zeiss fits in. Doug Herr Birdman of > Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > -----Original Message----- >From: FRANK DERNIE > <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> >Sent: Apr 24, 2015 10:14 PM >To: Leica Users > Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Choices > >Does that > mean that Zeiss bought it from OCLI too, Doug? >The story back in the day was > that it was a joint Zeiss/Pentax development and that the other lens makers > did their own multi-coating formula. > >Frank > D. > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Doug Herr > <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> >>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>Sent: Saturday, 25 April 2015, 3:39 >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Choices >> > >> >>Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>>The Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 > was the first lens anybody >>>could get their hands on which had this advanced > coating which everyone was >>>very hyped on and was developed by Pentax in > conjunction with Zeiss >> >>IIRC the coating process was developed by Optical > Coating Laboratories Inc, of Santa Rosa California.? Pentax bought the > patents > from OCLI. >> >> >>Doug Herr >>Birdman of > Sacramento >>http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.c > om >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users > Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica > Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/