"J. C. O'Connell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is a trade off to adding elements:
A. on one hand they reduced abberations IF precisely ground and placed B. BUT on the other hand, the extra air glass surfaces REDUCE contrast (and apparent resolution). Didn't Super Multicoating (SMC) all-but-eliminate that tradeoff by making loss of contrast nearly inconsequential? [EMAIL PROTECTED]