[Leica] Lens Choices

[Mark Rabiner]

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
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