Re: [Leica] m2

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Wilber-
Would be nice, but a bitch to grind! Hardness next only to diamond, so your
lens would have to be ground with diamond and probably a sapphire tool as
well. Since not many people would go to the expense- the economy of scale
would never kick in and you'd pay lots and lots! Probably more than
replacing your tempered lenses every six months.
Besides- with state laws such as our (NC) only certain glass is allowed,
must be tempered and tested ( they use a steel ball dropped from a specified
height to hit the center of the lens- Had to wait several time for
replacements when my lenses did meet the test!
I sued to wear the Industrial Saftely Lens- where the thinnest portion was
3mm, minimum, and like Mark said, you nose knows- as well as your ears!
Basicall- a few dollars of prevention- rubber eyecups, if not too big, are
worth several hundred dollars in cure!
Actually- you can tell people you shoot with a Summar, and you like to
previsualize the scene! :o}~
Dan- the guy with the Softar Spectacles!
- - Say! Did you have a facelift, or are my glasses smudged!
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 6:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] m2


> Can someone tell me why they can't make eyeglass lens out of sapphire. I
have a
> Cyma watch with a sapphire crystal and in two years of hard wear NO
scratches.
> But I too will kill my eyeglasses in 3-6 mnts.
> Cheers Wilber
>
> Tim Atherton wrote:
>
> > Oh yeah as well!!
> >
> > How come my expensive Nikon (okay, I Know - they should be Leitz)
plastic,
> > coated, anti-reflective , supposedly scratch resistant lenses are ALWAYS
> > scratched after 6 months or so? They are lovely when new, but....
> >
> > And these have the best record of any so called scratch resistant lenses
I
> > have used over the past 10 years or so.
> >
> > No, I wouldn't go back to glass, but plastic sure does scratch.
> >
> > Tim A
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve
> > > LeHuray
> > > Sent: August 14, 1999 3:20 PM
> > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] m2
> > >
> > >
> > > To Marc and Mark,
> > > Some things die hard don't they? There is nothing wrong with plastic
> > > eyeglass lenses. Why would anybody want to walk around with twice the
wait
> > > sitting on their nose. I know that both of you won't beleive it
> > > but they DO
> > > NOT scratch. Oh, maybe if you take a scew driver and drag it
> > > across the lens
> > > but the gentle rubbing against a brass viewfinder will leave nary a
mark
> > > (oops) scratch.
> > > Steve
> > > Annapolis
> > > ----------
> > > >From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
> > > >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > > >Subject: Re: [Leica] m2
> > > >Date: Sat, Aug 14, 1999, 4:34 PM
> > > >
> > >
> > > >Marc James Small wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> At 08:51 AM 8/14/1999 -0500, Alan Brown wrote:
> > > >> >Or is there another option to
> > > >> >keeping my glasses from getting scratched?
> > > >> >
> > > >>
> > > >> Glass lenses.  Avoid plastic lenses at all costs -- even the new
> > > >> "Scratch-Proof" plastics cannot compete with glass.
> > > >>
> > > >> Besides, most glass lenses are made by Corning or Zeiss, I believe.
> > > >> Rodenstock is a big player in plastic lenses, but I am not
> > > certain who else
> > > >> makes them.
> > > >>
> > > >> Marc
> > > >>
> > > >> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> > > >> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
> > > >
> > > >We had a fellow on the list by the name of Zeissler (Mitch?) who
> > > told me he had
> > > >Zeiss glass put in his frames.
> > > >Impressed the  heck out of me but as I thought they were more
> > > hard to get.
> > > >When I go to the glasses store I say "No I'm a photographer"
> > > when they try to
> > > >sell me on plastic.
> > > >I explain to them that us photographers are very aware of the
differences
> > > >between plastic and glass and would not dream of looking through
> > > plastic all
> > > >day. That never works.
> > > >So I tell them I am very hard on my lenses. That doesn't work
> > > either. So I tell
> > > >them to just give me the damn glass anyway I don't care if you
> > > have to go to
> > > >some weird lab you have less of a great deal going with.
> > > >Mark Rabiner
> > > >
> > >
>