Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Floating elements are not particularly innovative. Lot's of companies employ them, including Minolta in a 100 macro lens I bought close to 20 years ago. Unless it is as Frank D. suggested, tied in with the aperture in use. -dan c. At 03:16 PM 10-01-05 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >Bill Maxwell provided us with extensive information about Nikon's >floating element lens design, and Zeiss's apparently using something >similar, and then wrote... > >"Funny thing is that no one called it "hype" when Nikon introduced the >CRC >system. What is the resistance to this new Zeiss product line that >prompts >such comments?" > >Bill, Bill, Bill, are you serious, or is your tongue grafted to your >cheek? Surely you understand that most resident's of LUGland do not >consider Nikon to be competitive with Leica, while the new Zeiss line >most assuredly is. Therefore, if Nikon does it it's "interesting;" if >Zeiss does it it's marketing horseshit. Rest assured, if Leica did it, >it would be described as one of the great Leica innovations - even if >Nikon has been doing it for a decade or so. ;-) > >B. D. > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >