Hey, what�s this - I posted this several days ago and now it pops up again at the PDML - is it my mail provider or the list? All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Raimo Korhonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 26. lokakuuta 2001 15:25 Aihe: Vs: Question on SMC filters >A multicoated filter does not reduce flare other than produced by the filter itself. >Multicoated lenses are usually wholly multicoated so that also the internal surfaces >are multicoated - but all surfaces may not have the same number or similar types of >coatings. Actually the internal reflections are the most detrimental to image quality >but even a single coating reduces these significantly. So you may like to test the >Konica lens and see for yourself. >All the best! >Raimo >Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen > >-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- >L�hett�j�: Robert Wetmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >P�iv�: 22. lokakuuta 2001 20:26 >Aihe: Question on SMC filters > > >>Hello, all...let me ask a question which will display my ignorance of >>optical principles: >> >>Does mounting a multicoated filter actually reduce lens flare, or does it >>just minimize the flare that would have been added by the filter itself? In >>other words, would adding an SMC filter improve performance on non-SMC >>lenses in regard to flare? (Only the outside element is multicoated on SMC >>glass, right - so does flare just come from rays striking the first glass >>surface?) Help; I'm confused. >> >>I ask because I am thinking of buying up some of the undervalued Konica >>glass out there (after great results from their 57/1.2) but, since I have >>been spoiled by the SMC of Pentax glass, I am wondering how much an SMC >>filter would help. >> >>Thanks, >>Rob >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
