[Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 11:38 PM -0600 11/20/08, 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?
>

One of the very first lenses available with multi-layer coating was 
the 35/1.4 Summilux. That was in the late 50's. It didnt' have 7 
layers like Pentax promoted 10 years later, but the multi-layer 
concept didn't start with Pentax (or Zeiss).


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