Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat Nov 22 09:00:56 2008
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Doug,

And the results you get with your re-engineered equipment certainly bear out 
that you know whereof you speak.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?


> Sonny Carter wrote:
>
>>On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 8:17 AM, <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  Some of us even take the equipment apart, analyze how it works and what
>>> design choices were made, in order to better understand the tool's 
>>> strengths
>>> and weaknesses.  Humor us.
>>
>>
>>Mostly I do.  I have vague ideas of what goes on under the hood of my 
>>Leica,
>>but like I am with my car, I don't worry too much about it until I start
>>hearing funny noises.
>
> Knowing what's going on under the hood often means knowing when a funny 
> noise can be worked around or safely ignored.  It means being able to do 
> field repairs.  It means being able to modify and tweak the tools to suit 
> my working conditions.  The UET-R extension tube, ROM lenses & APO 
> extenders on the SL, the shoulder stock/monopod combination (and a few 
> other tricks) are the result of answering the "how does it work" question.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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