Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does that mean that Zeiss bought it from OCLI too, Doug? The story back in the day was that it was a joint Zeiss/Pentax development and that the other lens makers did their own multi-coating formula. Frank D. >________________________________ > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Saturday, 25 April 2015, 3:39 >Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Choices > > >Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>The Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 was the first lens anybody >>could get their hands on which had this advanced coating which everyone was >>very hyped on and was developed by Pentax in conjunction with Zeiss > >IIRC the coating process was developed by Optical Coating Laboratories Inc, >of Santa Rosa California.? Pentax bought the patents from OCLI. > > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com >http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >