Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Dennis, I'll wait with you. My glass lenses are quite good and do what I need now. One must always ask the question: Just how much better can a Summicron get? It may be that wide angle lenses would benefit from plastic elements, but I'm not sure it would help the longer focal lengths. Sincerely, Joe Stephenson - -----Original Message----- >Joe, > >The operative word in my post is "if" > >I don't know, does anyone know? If it cannot be conclusively proven then >I think I'll just wait and see ;-) > >Dennis > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com> >> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 9:06 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: glass or plastic >> >> >Dan Post wrote: >> ><huge snip> >> >> So, what's wrong with plastics? >> >> Dan >> > >> >I don't know if anything is wrong with plastic lenses. I would say there >> >is nothing wrong if a plastic lens made today is unchanged 50 years from >> >now, provided it's performance is equal to or better than a glass >> >counterpart. >> > >> >Dennis >> > >