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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: glass or plastic
From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:32:09 -0800

Joe Stephenson wrote:
> 
> 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

Joe,

The operative word in my post is "if"

I don't know, does anyone know? If it cannot be conclusively proven then
I think I'll just wait and see ;-)

Dennis

> 
> -----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
> >