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

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Subject: [Leica] Are Leica lenses muliticoated?
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Sun Nov 23 11:37:27 2008
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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
>
Agreed Lluis,
Push it a little further and we get there ;-)
<http://www.barryoretsky.com/>

Funny is it not?
I love his work.
Amiti?s
Philippe


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