At 6:49 pm +0000 13/2/98, Chris Barker wrote:
>Gary
>I feel honoured at the length of your reply; so much so, indeed, I
>have quit my Compuserve mail programme (because it does not allow more
>than 3 lines of e-mail before it hangs up) to launch Netscape and the
>realtime e-mail which works for longer messages.
>
>Your adherence to individual, non-MC lenses is indicative of some of
>the motives which I suspect underly many of the Oly afficionados on
>the list: it is the differentness almost as much as the quality of the
>marque which attracts us all (or most?). This is also why so many
>different types inhabit the list. I am a bit of a lurker so have
>watched for the last 3 weeks - not meant to be sinister or dorkish.
>
>However, I have had shots ruined every so often because I have not
>noticed the flare and I therefore take the belt & braces approach.
>But I do like the look of lenses with hoods attached - gives it a
>precise, pre-war look I guess ;o). come to think of it, I don't even
>know which of my few lenses is MC or otherwise.
Well the way it goes approximately is:
No Coating 68 0ght transmission
Single Coating 95 0ght transmission
Multi Coating 98 0ght transmission
Super Multi Coating 98 0ght transmission (and marketing hype)
Tried out a 24mm square screw thread pentax hood on my 24mm Zuiko - no joy
but it would look wonderful ;-)
Talking of precise and pre-war, I regularly use a 75mm Tessar with no
coatings - as long as you keep the sun out of your shots the contrast is
fine. Demonstrated this to myself at the last Mac Expo in London where
that lens combo accompanied my XA (obligatory OM content). There was a
mock-up of a 60s rock'n'roll diner with a black'n'white tiled floor - the
uncoated lens gave wonderful results........
All the best,
Clive http://clive.bel-epa.com
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