[Leica] Re: Colour balance of other manufacturers' Leica lenses

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

You can wear whatever you wish, but it doesn't change the fact, which I
have proven to myself, which is why I sold all of my brand"x" stuff. You'll
have to ask Leica for an answer to this. Perhaps Erwin. All I know is,
that's the way it is!

Jim

PS... perhaps all of my Spiratone UV filters act as a great equalizer!

;-)


At 10:19 PM 12/7/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> wrote;
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>>Sorry... ALL of Leica lenses exhibit the same color balance
>>characteristics, regardless of origin.
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>Fascinating information! So if manufacturers' design
>philosophy/technique does not control colour balance, what does?
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>When Leica adopts another manufacturer's lens to add to its product
>range, does it ask for changes to made to the optical design or
>coatings to tweak the colour balance?
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>If there is a *magic* quality to Leica lenses, how does that become
>transferred to the Leica-badged version of another manufacturer's
>design?
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>Excuse me while I scamble into my asbestos protective suit! This
>posting might attract some flak ...
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>But I'm curious - I'd love to know what changes (if any) other than
>the new mount/cams and external Leica cosmetics are made to "adopted"
>lenses. For example, are they built/tested to a higher specification
>than the manufacturer's normal standard?
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>Regards,
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>Doug Richardson
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