[nikonf4] Re: SMC Takumar
- From: Dave <downsouthdave@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:58:21 -0800 (PST)
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.
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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
Eric
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