Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> At 05:11 PM 1/21/02 -0500, B. D. Colen wrote: >>Come on, Marc. It may be an option for you. But I know I would never want to >>go back to glass lenses and have to carry that weight around on my nose all >>day. There are, however, some really good coatings now for hardening plastic >>lenses. I've had glasses for six months, a year, without a single scratch of >>any kind. > > I have bad eyes and my glasses are not light -- but glass is the best way > to go. The weight is meaningless. The heaviest pair of glasses weigh a > LOT less than does the smallest Leica lens, after all. > > I do agree about modern plastics and coatings, though. I am experimenting > with a pair of plastic glasses at the challenge of my optometrist, and I > have now had them for two years, and they work fine so far. I have not > babied them -- but my M3 has yet to mark them in the least. > > But, still, glass is the way to go. > > Marc > I do not know what all the fuss is about with plastic lenses, mine have been plastic for more years than I can remember and nary a scratch. sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html