Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, You and I are both correct. The original Super Takumars made prior to 1971 we were not super multi coated. When I hold these lenses up to the light I see two colors reflected, red and yellow. While the super multicoated lenses reflect red yellow and blue. The older lenses are coated and some are multi layered. However, they are no match for the 7 layer super multi coated lenses. For more info click here: http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/extras/SMC.html - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] open wide > Guys, I don't mean to start another off topic thread but both my Super > Takumars are multi-coated based on the many colored reflections in the > coating. I think the marketing guys added the SMC to make sure no one > missed that Pentax was the first Japanese firm to officially multi-coat. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html