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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun Nov 23 09:50:39 2008
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Hi Len,

Thank you for your comments, as you know  I share your opinions. I'm  
not really interested on how are made the lenses, but yes on the  
history, the Marc James Small book is a good example.

Saludos cordiales
Lluis

El 23/11/2008, a las 17:39, Leonard Taupier escribi?:

> Hi Lluis,
>
> You have a wonderful outlook on the creative aspect of photography.  
> I certainly approve of it and of your photos you share with us.
>
> I have also changed my philosophy on my own photography. I now give  
> myself a photographic challenge to create a certain look that is in  
> my mind. My challenge is to create that look inside the camera using  
> whatever tools I have at hand. (not photoshop) In some cases it  
> might be with the uncoated Xenon and Summar of 1937. It might be  
> with the wonderful Summarex or the very wonderful Noctilux. It might  
> even be with my tilt and shift Nikkor that I can stop down to f45.  
> Or it might be with the 560mm Telyt. Or it might be taken with a  
> film camera and different types of film if that's what I want the  
> photo to look like. It only matters to me and how I want the photo  
> to look.
>
> However there is also another part of me, a curious part that wants  
> to know how things are made and why things work in a special way.  
> And that is the question of this thread.
>
> Best Regards,
> Len
>
>
> On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:11 AM, 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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