I don't remember, to tell the truth. Probably the regular. -----Original Message----- From: Alan Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Is Tamron 28-75mm better than Pentax 24-90mm?
Was the HOYA regular (monocoated), HMC or HMC Super? I have found the HMC Super is much more flare resistance than HMC, though it is not better than w/o filter. Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan >I did a little test a few years ago using several f1.4 lenses (faster >lenses >seem to amplify this problem). All of the tested lenses (2 from Pentax, 1 >from Nikon) showed the ghost when the filter was applied and did not show >the ghost when the filter was removed. I did not have access to any Pentax >filters for the test, but the Nikon filter I used showed less ghost than >the >Hoya filters. These are just my personal findings - I am not a certified >lens technician, nor do I play one on TV.
