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Re: [OM] Quality of Zuiko single coated 50/1.4

Subject: Re: [OM] Quality of Zuiko single coated 50/1.4
From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:48:08 EDT
>That
>suggests that Zuiko was aware of the shortcomings and decided to go to
>some effort and expense to fix them. Surely it would have been a lot
>cheaper just to change the coating from SC to MC?
>

As explained by another list member, changing the coating from SC to MC 
*requires* a change in the optical formula, so Oly didn't change the 
optical formula because there was a problem with it, they changed it 
because the had to in order to change the coatings. 

>Anyway, perhaps I'm being too fussy about the whole thing. 

Yeah, that's my impression.

Be seeing you.


Dirk Wright

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