Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:21 AM 11/18/04 -0700, John Collier wrote: >Weren't Leica the first to use aspherical elements in a production >lens? (50/1.2 Noctilux). They developed press moulding to reduce the >production costs of quality aspherical elements (not cheap >plastic/glass hybrid stuff). Hardly behind the game in my opinion. To be fair, John, Leica purchased the rights to this press molding technology from Docter Optics Technologies of Wetzlar, Germany. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!