Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to Dr Neil Wright's 'A lens collector's Vade Mecum 2nd edition' 'The first antireflection-coated lenses were probably Zeiss Sonnars but again it would be hard to be definite here. And the first advanced multicoated lenses may well be the Leitz Summilux f1.4 35mm but there are other possibilities' Well what are the other possibilities? Bests Adrian (who had two 35/1.4s and thought they were like condensated coke bottles wider than f4.0, though the earlier M3 black one was somewhat less horrendous) Adrian Bradshaw Editorial and Corporate Photography Shanghai, China