Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] mxsmanic and pinholes
From: "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 06:32:12 +0200
References: <20010801133426.A27390@lenny.sfrn.dnai.com>

Jimmy writes:

> That is utter rubbish.

In what way?  Pinholes have no aberrations or distortions at all; they are
diffraction-limited.  No glass lens can match that, no matter what its design.
The only real reason to use a glass lens at all is that pinholes require very
long exposure times.  Glass provides some other conveniences, also, but better
image quality is not one of them.

In reply to: Message from jimmy patrick <jimmyp@lenny.sfrn.dnai.com> ([Leica] mxsmanic and pinholes)