Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/23

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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun Nov 23 09:44:53 2008
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Jeffery,

I still remember your pics with the Sonnar 50/1,5, if I'm not wrong,  
the post war version was one of the first coated lenses (single coated).

Saludos cordiales
Lluis

El 23/11/2008, a las 17:14, Jeffery Smith escribi?:

> I have sought out and bought several single coated lenses from  
> Voigtlander simply because I like their lower contrast look in B&W.  
> I can manipulate lower contrast photos to make them higher contrast,  
> but the reverse certainly doesn't work as well for me (FOR ME, guys,  
> so don't write me a rebuttal!).
>
> Jeffery
>
> Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>> I would like to introduce, what is for me a different concept,
>>
>> Coating or Multi-Coating?
>>
>> Multi coating is of course technologically improved, IMHO I'm very  
>> happy with a coated lens, just to improve a certain flare without  
>> eliminating the parasite light. It seems that today nobody else  
>> talk about "The Glamour", nobody else talk as Ivor Matanle says on  
>> page 156 pn a portarit of his wife with the 150 mm Triotar "... The  
>> softness of the image in the out-of-focus areas is quite different  
>> in character from that achieved by modern japanese lenses".
>>
>> Everyone one of us has his own preferences and targets, for me  
>> perfection is not directly implied with beauty. For me the  
>> photography is still an art of the imaginary world, where sometimes  
>> we are finishing the edition work in our mind. For me perfection by  
>> himself is nathing more than perfection, for me the value of an  
>> image is much more important.
>>
>> Can every one imagine the Edward Weston, Man Ray, HCB... and many  
>> others improved pictures?, IMHO what we should work to improve is  
>> our creatitivty, with all the respect for all, we are only  
>> following and technically improving the great creative work of the  
>> Masters of the past.
>>
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Lluis
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> El 23/11/2008, a las 15:14, Ric Carter escribi?:
>>
>>> curious--
>>>
>>> how much does it cost and who did it?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> ric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 23, 2008, at 6:46 AM, Marty Deveney wrote:
>>>
>>>> 've seen a 50/2 rigid Summicron that was multicoated recently and  
>>>> it is amazing to see the difference it made when compared to its  
>>>> previous scratched state.
>>>
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