[nikonf4] Re: SMC Takumar
- From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:44:14 -0800
I was just kidding. :-) I'm curious to look into it.
Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
2010 / 11 / 22 20:44 PST
On Nov 22, 2010, at 0726 , Dave wrote:
> No. Nikon didn't call attention to multicoating until the rest of the
> industry did. They had to compete in their advertising messages.
>
> From: Koichi Mac <nikonf3tmd4@xxxxxxx>
> To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 10:49:04 PM
> Subject: [nikonf4] Re: SMC Takumar
>
> Umm…that's the first time to hear something like that. I remember as a
> fact that I began to see multi-coated normal Nikkors from 1973 or so,
> designated as "NC." Or……did you make up this story again?? :->>
>
> On Nov 21, 2010, at 0758 , Dave wrote:
>
> > When Pentax announced and advertised the virtues of multicoating, Nikon
> > issued a statement saying they had been doing it for years, as it was
> > necessary for some complex lens formulations.
> >
> > From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
> > To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sun, November 21, 2010 1:41:34 AM
> > Subject: [nikonf4] Re: SMC Takumar
> >
> > Actually, multicoating was invented in 1938 at GE, but not widely used
> > until the 70s. But was it Pentax? Or Zeiss? Or both?
> >
> > http://gabriel.mp3-tech.org/blog/index.php?entry=entry090203-153355
> >
> > On Nov 20, 2010, at 6:33 PM, Koichi Mac wrote:
> >
> >> Huh! That information is from the very company that invented
> >> multi-coating in 1970. Am sure they saw other vendors catching up and
> >> forgot to fine-tune the finesse part of multi-coating afterwards.
> >> :-D
>
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