Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know if it's been mention, but an important improvement of the SMC lenses was the addition of an extra cam to allow automatic stop-down with ES era bodies. Allan On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 06:55 PM, Andrew Touchon wrote: > 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html