Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry I was writing about the WOC enlarging lenses that were made for E. Leitz NY. I had two, and they were uncoated. The camera lenses were coated and were considered merely adequate in their day. This might have been the reaction of the Leica snobs of that period. BTW, there were a lot less of them at that time. Jerry LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: > << Yes, the old E. Leitz NY lenses were not coated. They > > were made by Woolensock and were awful!>> > > Wrong on two counts! > > Leitz, NY lenses, made by Wollensack, were indeed coated and their quality > equaled or surpassed that of other manufacturer's lenses of the same era. Leica > sold F4.5, 90mm Wollensak lenses in Leitz made screw mounts and both Leica and > contemporary photographers claimed that the performance bettered that of the > unavailable F4.0 90mm Elmar. > > Larry Z > -- > 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