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Subject: Re: [OM] Brainstorm
From: Acer Victoria <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 17:28:06 -0700 (PDT)
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, kelton wrote:

>It recently dawned on me why the MC lenses often do better than the SC 
>lenses in the Reese tests. It's because the multi-coating adds additional 
>mass and weight to the lens, causing the lens to vibrate less, resulting 
>in sharper images. This *must* be true, because my 200 and 300 telephotos 
>are both MC, and they are MUCH heaver than my SC 50/1.8 and my SC 21/3.5. 
>The obvious conclusion is that the multi-coating adds weight and thus, 
>precious inertia, and thus, sharper images. I can't believe all the rest 
>of you smart cookies missed this obvious conclusion. (Oh yeah, I forgot. 
>The smart people already left the list.) Well, fortunately you've still 
>got ME to accurately and correctly explain the complexities of physics to 
>you.

{slapping self} Of COURSE! How could I have missed? My good Sir, please
accept the title of Zuiko Physicist {you get down on one knee, I take the
Zuiko 1000/11, tap it on your right shoulder, then your left. you get up,
bow, and walk briskly off, bearing the title of Sensei....}

/Me
--
"Just a matter of feeling / This moment's madness sure to pass / And tears
won't dry as you're leaving / Who knows you might find something to last."
                                                --Duran Duran
http://student.ucr.edu/~siddim01


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