Re: Realist viewer lenses

[bercov@xxxxxxxxxx (John Bercovitz)]

>   The catalog blurb says "provides the ultimate in distortion-
> free, color-correct viewing" and "computer-designed ...
> contributing to the reduction or elimination of pin-cushion
> distortion and chromatic or shperical aberrations".

Hastings are good in the center of the field but that quotation
is hyper-bull.  The lens you cite has a lot of pincushion distortion
and won't cover the 5-perf format.  I have one in my drawer here at
work and just took a look through it to remind what its problems
were.

John B


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