Vs: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-26 Thread Raimo Korhonen
PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 26. lokakuuta 2001 15:25 Aihe: Vs: Question on SMC filters A multicoated filter does not reduce flare other than produced by the filter itself. Multicoated lenses are usually wholly multicoated so that also the internal surfaces

Re: Vs: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-26 Thread Robert Harris
Raimo Korhonen wrote: Hey, what´s this - I posted this several days ago and now it pops up again at the PDML - is it my mail provider or the list? It isn't you. It's at least two of us. The server seems to be hiccuping -- I got repeats of a bunch of Oct. 22 messages today. Bob - This

Re: Vs: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-26 Thread PAUL STENQUIST
/private/raimo.korhonen -Alkuperäinen viesti- Lähettäjä: Raimo Korhonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 26. lokakuuta 2001 15:25 Aihe: Vs: Question on SMC filters A multicoated filter does not reduce flare other than produced by the filter

Re: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-22 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Robert Wetmore wrote: Does mounting a multicoated filter actually reduce lens flare, No or does it just minimize the flare that would have been added by the filter itself? Yes would adding an SMC filter improve performance on non-SMC lenses in regard to flare? No (Only the

RE: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-22 Thread Paris, Leonard
PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 2:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question on SMC filters Hello, all...let me ask a question which will display my ignorance of optical principles: Does mounting a multicoated filter actually reduce lens flare, or does it just minimize the flare

Vs: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-22 Thread Raimo Korhonen
- Lähettäjä: Robert Wetmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Päivä: 22. lokakuuta 2001 20:26 Aihe: Question on SMC filters Hello, all...let me ask a question which will display my ignorance of optical principles: Does mounting a multicoated filter actually reduce

Re: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-22 Thread Robert Wetmore
ME: Does mounting a multicoated filter actually reduce lens flare? SHEL: No. ME: D'oh! It seemed too easy. I didn't realize that in SMC lenses all or many glass surfaces were coated. Thanks for the info, Shel. And thanks to the others who have responded. Rob

Re: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-22 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Rob ... Being an eternal optimist, I asked the same question when I joined the list. Robert Wetmore wrote: ME: Does mounting a multicoated filter actually reduce lens flare? SHEL: No. ME: D'oh! -- Shel Belinkoff mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Question on SMC filters

2001-10-22 Thread Alan Chan
Does mounting a multicoated filter actually reduce lens flare, No. or does it just minimize the flare that would have been added by the filter itself? Yes. In other words, would adding an SMC filter improve performance on non-SMC lenses in regard to flare? No, if you mean flare control.