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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun Nov 23 09:52:05 2008
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Yes Steve, this is an absolutely lovely lens!

Saludos cordiales
Lluis

El 23/11/2008, a las 18:19, Steve Barbour escribi?:

>
> On Nov 23, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>
>> I have sought out and bought several single coated lenses from  
>> Voigtlander simply because I like their lower contrast look in B&W.
>
> this same argument applies to some of the greatest and highest  
> resolution lenses of the past...for example  the Summicron 50/2  
> DR...low contrast combined with very high resolution allows a unique  
> smooth look...and you can always increase the contrast if desired...
>
> I am not sure how the coating impacts, or what the coating is for  
> the DR...
>
> this look and behavior likely accounts for this lens being the  
> desert island favorite of so many individuals...
>
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>> 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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