Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kubrick actually started out as a still photographer for Look magazine. And, almost unheard of in the world of big budget film, he owned all of his own cameras and lenses. Bryan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Plastic Aspheric Lens Elements > I seem to recall that the original impetus (Is that the right word?) for > the Noct-Nikkor was for Stanely Kubrick for certain scenes in the film > "Barry Lindon". > > Dan C. > > At 08:47 PM 12-09-99 -0700, Ken Iisaka wrote: > >The Noct-Nikkor was indeed hand ground. The one and only guy who was > >responsible for making the aspherical front element retired years ago, and > >the production ceased several years ago. It is still listed on Nikon USA's > >catalogue, but it was taken out of the Nikon Japan catalogue about a couple > >of years ago. > > > >Several Japanese publications such as Asahi Camera have stated that Hoya > >supplies moulded aspherical elements to Leica. > > > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > >