Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David und Karen Why don't you ask Don Goldberg about it, as I believe that his father was involved with that project? I had the literature that described it, but it was stolen along with my collection a few years ago. It was made to go along with Mr. Goldbergs Leica Motor. Jerry "David M. dorn" wrote: > > Karen Nakamura wrote: > > > It's a mylar film 20/1000 mm thick stretched onto a glass substrate. > > It's *extremely* fragile. Even a light brush with a camel hair brush > > can tear/scratch the mylar. Never try to clean the pellicle mirror > > with anything, even compressed air (well, you should never used > > compressed air inside a camera anyway). > > > > Karen Nakamura > > Thanks Karen, since I no longer have the RT I couldn't check, but I > remembered it being glass but did not know the coating technique. I had > the RT for almost 10 years and never had a problem. I would think with > today's optical materials and coating technologies, the concept could > be vastly improved upon. The new Swarovski di-electic coating are a > significant improvement over previous methods. > > I am still searching for an answer to my question about the LEICA > VISOFLEX that was converted to a Pellicle Mirror. Anyone have the > reference to the camera mag (Pop or Modern Photography) write up? > > David > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html