At 03:11 3/1/02, Ag-Schnozz wrote:
Wasn't always the case. A while back, there was a lot of trash-talking
about the single-coated lenses. It was getting pretty bad. Everybody was
getting their panties in a knot over whether or not their beloved lenses
were multi-coated or single-coated.
I remember well one of the more recent of these. The list spun up over AR
coatings like an aircraft turbine (AR = anal-retentive or anti-reflective;
take your pick).
Of course, it was pure nonesense. My pictures haven't been compromised in
the least by the lack of green reflections in the glass. I've sold many a
picture and never had anybody say "too bad it wasn't taken with a
black-nosed lens."
A number of mine have won awards over the past year and the success of not
a single one of them is attributable to whether the lens was single or
multi-coated. There's a lot, lot, lot more to fine lenses and making fine
photographs than the AR coating(s)!!!
There have been three personal "causes" that I've run with here: The
OM-2S, Silver-Nosed lenses, and Reuniting Gondwana.
AG: Haven't heard much about Gondwana lately; is there any progress to report?
If I were to build up a kit from the ground up and money was not an
object, I'd get ONLY black-nosed, multi-coated F2 lenses.
Lest someone else bring this up and accuse me of hypocrisy, I've pretty
much done this over time with my Zuiko's. Two of them are single-coated
and I have no plans for replacing them, nor do I anticipate ever having a
desire to, thank you. Yes, they are heavily outnumbered by the other
Zuiko's. *However* the only other multi-coated lens I have is the 40/2.8
Sonnar HFT on the Rollei 35. The Zeiss Ikon Contax and Mamiya M645 lenses
are all single-coated. Not a problem, never have been and likely never
will be. I'm far more capable at discovering methods and capitalizing on
opportunities for screwing up a photograph than the lack of a coating or
two on the lens ever will be.
AG-and proud of it-Schnozz
Who also has priorities about the tools he uses in proper order. MC is
over-hyped and over-rated compared to the incremental improvement it makes;
emphasis on incremental, especially with an excellent lens formulation.
-- John
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