Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't think they're been a camera lens made in decades by anybody that was not multi coated. The secret coating sequence on Leica lenses are: Vanilla Strawberry Raspberry Chocolate Peppermint Whale Blubber Pistachio But they are wafer thin. Almost to the level of one micro. So there's little danger of your cat coming up and licking it off. Besides none the coatings are catnip Or tuna. Even though they would no doubt improve the quality of optics to the utmost. mark@rabinergroup.com Mark William Rabiner > From: "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:22:14 -0500 (EST) > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated? > > Robert Meier wrote: > >> I would consider the presence of the green and magenta reflections pretty >> good evidence of multi-coating, in fact, proof. Can you tell if very >> many >> surfaces have the green and magenta reflections? > > It varies from one lens to the next, mostly dependent on the number of > elements in the lens. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information