Hi, I have a blad and i find that the coating on my T* 80mm is not as good as my pentax primes.
The coating on Leica lenses is also quite good, but not as good as SMC. Regards, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:02 AM Subject: Re: Canon 50mm and flare, part deaux > On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:52:36 +0100, Bob Walkden wrote: > > > > How 'bout it folks, is SMC hype or real? > > I never knew what flare was until I switched from Pentax to Contax. > > I have to agree with Bob on this one. And I'm not kidding or > exaggerating. Sure, I'd encountered "point flare" a couple of times > when the sun was directly in the scene; I'd even try to induce it > sometimes for "arteestic" purposes. But, until I tried a couple of > cheapo third-party lenses, I'd never encountered "point flare" where > more than one image of the aperture showed up or "veiling flare". > > That said, I'm amazed by the flare resistance of the Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 > fisheye. Which is good, because the sun's in or near the frame at > least half the time with a 180* field of view. :-) > > TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ > >
