Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/24

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Subject: [Leica] Lens Choices
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 22:30:37 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

As I recall the Super-Multi-Coating announcements only OCLI was involved in 
development of the process Asahi Optical Company (Pentax) used.  I have no 
idea how Zeiss fits in.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com


-----Original Message-----
>From: FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com>
>Sent: Apr 24, 2015 10:14 PM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Choices
>
>Does that mean that Zeiss bought it from OCLI too, Doug?
>The story back in the day was that it was a joint Zeiss/Pentax development 
>and that the other lens makers did their own multi-coating formula.
>
>Frank D.
>
>
>
>>________________________________
>> From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> 
>>Sent: Saturday, 25 April 2015, 3:39
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Lens Choices
>> 
>>
>>Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>
>>>The Pentax Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 was the first lens anybody
>>>could get their hands on which had this advanced coating which everyone 
>>>was
>>>very hyped on and was developed by Pentax in conjunction with Zeiss
>>
>>IIRC the coating process was developed by Optical Coating Laboratories 
>>Inc, of Santa Rosa California.? Pentax bought the patents from OCLI.
>>
>>
>>Doug Herr
>>Birdman of Sacramento
>>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>>
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