Re: [OM] Backlight flare

[Lars Bergquist]

>There are one simple thing to do to get "MC" on a lens. Buy a Hoya HMC filter!
>I spoke with people from Hoya and according to them this gives the same results
>as having an MC lens glass. They started to produce these HMC filters just
>because old glass did not have MC glass but "new" ones had. They also claim to
>produce ALL lens glass except for one brand in which I can't remember (it was
>not Zuiko though). They said that the lens glass they made after the 70's or
>80's (can't remember which) all glass should be MC.

Sorry, but this is nonsense. MC treatment can reduce the reflexes only
from the lens surfaces on which it is applied. It is not a magic potion.
Behind that MC filter, you still have all those non-MC elements and
they will reflect just as much light as before. This is elementary physics
and the "people from Hoya" are speaking through thir hats.


Vänliga hälsningar/Best regards
Lars Bergquist
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