I got the impression that it was a 'process' not a 'paint'. I'll go back and take a look. The surface is certainly etched with nitric acid to produce dimples? Yes? No? Its not something one will be able to buy in a can ... not yet anyway.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Ignatiev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:30 PM Subject: Black black paint > Just picked up at /. -- some guys came up with really black black stuff, reflecting 10 to 20 times less than the usual black paint used in optical devices. > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_747664.html?menu=news > > To make it relevant to the list, just imagine how nice would have been to have SMC in lense elements and that paint on the barrel and the body... > > Mishka > >
