Alan, compare all other lenses you own, outside in daylight. I think your past QC problems have you too suspicious of everything :)
I will take that lens off your hands for you, I won't mind a bit of yellow :) Happy Holidays! Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan van Wijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 7:51 AM Subject: Re: FA*200/2.8 coating question > Hi Alan, > > On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 03:58:27 -0800, Alan Chan wrote: > > >The picture can be seen here. Not a good one, still... > > > >http://www3.telus.net/wlachan/coating.jpg > > Hmm, hard to tell from this image ... > > I just checked my own sample, and the coating looks very > similar to the FA* 85mm 1.4 and others. > > Multiple reflections (from a normal licht-bulb) for the several > lens surfaces with different colors ranging from redish, > some blueish and mostly greenish :-) > > No clear yellow one in there ... > > Could it be that the room lighting you used was on the yellow side ? > > Regards, JvW > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery > > >

