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Subject: [Leica] summar / summitar /Summicron
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Tue Apr 26 01:17:50 2005
References: <012601c549c9$407dfd60$6501a8c0@ccapr.com> <000701c549de$aaeb93a0$3201a8c0@AUG01> <08f43db1bd3d819a07c21443a7e7106c@earthlink.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050426005314.03e18c00@mail.screengang.com> <32d9385f1eed1aa56361f57babb4e97c@earthlink.net> <14e170e291888c360099da5bc54ef12a@cwazy.co.uk>
>>>Not mine :-)... as it has been cleaned and recoated by John van Stelten
>>>from focalpointlens.com. It's optically almost like new, and John's
>>>single-coating is much tougher than Leitz' original coating.
>
>What does the change of coatings do to the 'look' of the lens? Mostly
>curious about this...
The new focalpoint coating seems to be a bit more contrastful, less soft
than the original coating. Comparison shots to follow.
Didier
In reply to:
Message from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] Wide-open, of course)
Message from ruben at rhodos.dk (Ruben) ([Leica] summar / summitar /Summicron)
Message from feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli) ([Leica] summar / summitar /Summicron)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] summar / summitar /Summicron)
Message from feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli) ([Leica] summar / summitar /Summicron)
Message from sdp35 at cwazy.co.uk (Craig Zeni) ([Leica] summar / summitar /Summicron)