Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: glass or plastic
From: "Joe Stephenson" <joeleica@flash.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:45:20 -0700
 
But Dennis,
How do we know what plastic lenes will look like in 50 years? Perhaps they
will be yellow and crazed like so much of the old plastics that one sees
now.
Sincerely,
Joe Stephenson

- -----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: glass or plastic


>Dan Post wrote:
><huge snip>
>> So, what's wrong with plastics?
>> Dan
>
>I don't know if anything is wrong with plastic lenses. I would say there
>is nothing wrong if a plastic lens made today is unchanged 50 years from
>now, provided it's performance is equal to or better than a glass
>counterpart.
>
>Dennis
>