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 >