Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Zeiss is the one who developed their T* coating at the same time Pentax developed Super Multi-Coating (and maybe even in cooperation with them). Do you know what elements or what lenses have multi-coating? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated? Robert Meier wrote: > I've always assumed that Leica lenses have been multicoated since the 70's, > but is that true? There has never been an indication of multicoating on > the lenses (no T* or SMC), and they don't have the almost garish multi-hues > of Nikon or Zeiss lenses. So, are they multicoated? As far as I know Leitz began multi-coating where it would make a significant difference before Pentax publicized the OCLI "Super-multi-coating" process on their lenses. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information