Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Fellow LUGnuts, Interesting what impressions photographers have about the delicate coatings on camera lenses. I'll never forget the demonstration I saw in Philadelphia in the late 1970's by a Nikon sales rep at a local photo show. The personal demonstration put on was supposed to impress me. The salesman put out a cigarettte on the front surface of a 50/2 Nikkor lens, blew off the ashes, rubs the lens clean and said - "See, this coating was undamaged." Next he took the same lens, put it on the ground and stood on it to show me that there were no pins or extentions coming out the back of the lens like their chief competitor - Canon lenses. I was only 20 at the time (pre-optometrist days) but I had too much respect for lenses to get a kick out of the demonstration. I could only afford a Canon F-1 mechanical at that time with a 50/1.4 lens. I would only dream about owning Leica at that time. I'm not a smoker but if I need an ashtray, I'd buy one that didn't come from a camera company. Then again, maybe Leica makes a commemorative ashtray made out of lens rejects. Happy shooting, Richard - ------------------ Richard Clompus, OD West Chester, PA, USA