Alin Flaider wrote: > > Given the expiration of original SMC patents, we might expect that > most other manufacturers optics must be coated at least up to the > level of the first SMC lenses. Maybe, but even if a patent has lapsed doesn't mean anyone else has figured out how to do it. > I cannot explain why other manufacturers - Nikon included - > care so little about multicoating, nor do I understand why Pentax > reluctantly advertises and sometimes even infirm (!) their unique > technological advances, other than by a conspiration theory or a > preference of marketing staff for maintaining a mystery aura around > Pentax name ...or is it plain stupidity!? Maybe lens coating isn't a very sexy thing to advertise? I've mentioned it in a few bars, but women seem to be unimpressed. No one accused them of being marketing geniuses.... tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org.
