| beejaybee |
| (Marvin) |
| 01/08/2008 00:16 |
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Re: single coated lens?
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there are some single-coated (Leica, principally) lenses that are particularly highly regarded for B&W because of their particular properties
But being single coated is not significant. Those lenses would have the same properties if they were uncoated, or multicoated. If you take an uncoated lens and apply a single coating you will just get less flare shooting into the light, and marginally more contrast. Multicoating reduces flare and increases contrast a bit more.
There are some single-coated lenses that are, and always will be, better than some multicoated lenses. But not especially for monochrome, and not because of the coating.