Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses multicoated?
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat Nov 22 05:42:15 2008
References: <C54D052B.456F9%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Hi Mark,

Excellent secret revealed!

In Spain we add a little "Sangr?a" to be sharper!

Saludos cordiales
Lluis


El 22/11/2008, a las 6:39, Mark Rabiner escribi?:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
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