Subject: Re: Leica Zoom 'varooom!' :-))
Date: Jun 3 18:28:18 1998
From: "Ruth Sullivan" - GODWIT at worldnet.att.net


Hello Tweeters,
I have to agree with Wes. The APO is a better Glas.The same goes with
the Nikon Camera Lense ED Glas. I been owning this Leica Scope since
January 1997 when there was a waiting time to get ONE.
To convince me in the field, seeing the Northern- Hewk Owl in Spokane.
Comparing the Swarovski with the Leica side by side. It din't take me long
to make up my mind. I owned a Kowa TNS 4, wich to that day i realy enjoyed,
but i was conviced the minute i looked to the Leica. I have both
eye-pieses the Zoom 20-60 and aq fixed 32xWW.I use mst all the time the
fixed Lense. It is superb. Since The Body is so slick in you hand, i ordert
the special Taylor made Cover, cause with name Leica on.
Ruth Sullivan

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> From: Wes Jansen <wjansen at u.washington.edu>
> To: James H. Barton <redwing1986 at mediaone.net>
> Cc: PAGODROMA at aol.com; tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Leica Zoom 'varooom!' :-))
> Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 12:10 PM
>
> "APO" is more than a coating. It is a special kind of glass (much more
> expensive to produce) which allows the primary colors to all be focused
on
> the same point. This makes for a clearer image--especially for
telescope/
> telephoto work. "Normal" glass doesn't focus all colors on the same
spot,
> so there's a slight fringing which makes the image appear less sharp.
>
> wjansen