Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] diffraction-free lenses
From: "Dan Honemann" <ddh@home.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 07:45:29 -0500

Okay--maybe with one of _these_ lenses I can finally best HCB!  I trust
these will be in production about the same time 600 megapixel CCDs hit the
streets? :)

Interesting article.  Thanks.

> Current Leica glass will look like yesterday's garbage after
> diffraction-free lenses are built.  :) Seriously, I thought this
> article was pretty interesting...
>
> http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=417791
>
> (And it's about lenses instead of bicycles!  <ducking>)