Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:12 AM 7/8/98 -0400, Dan Cardish wrote: >Minor point perhaps, but lens coatings should have some effect on lens >contrast. Isn't that their purpose? This IS a good point, as I was sloppy in my original note. Lens coatings were originally developed to prevent flare when shooting into contre-jour conditions -- flare is obviously a "contrast" problem! But the general performance of the lens should not be significantly affected by lens coatings in normal shooting. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!