Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:25 PM 1/17/98 -0500, you wrote: >I know that rectangular shades are more efficient because, being an engineer, >I know something about geometry. Besides, film is rectangular, and the image circle from the lens that is outside the rectangle is wasted and has the potential to cause flare. So cut the non-imaging light out of the lens altogether and you reduce potential flare. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now