on 5/11/02 10:28 AM, Pete Prunskunas at pyotr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Is it possible to multicoat an old lens? Say, if you have a single coat
> lens, can Olympus (or someone else) multicoat the lens? Obviously
> I am talking about lenses without damage to the glass. If it is possible,
> is it cost prohibitive and/or a stupid idea?
>
>
> Pete
I think its possible but cost prohibitive. The glass elements are coated by
vapor deposition in a vacuum chamber. The lens would have to be completely
disassembled, all the elements carefully cleaned, the coated, then
reassembled. The coating process is expensive, and the labor to dis- and re-
assemble the lens also. Better to buy a multi-coated version, or just live
with single-coated.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney...
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