P3D Re: Ektar lenses

["Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: BK Nowlan <bknowlan@xxxxxxxxx>


>Greg, would you please elaborate on this.  I thought they discontinued
>the Ektar lenses because the lenses themselves were too expensive.
Have
>there been reports (by members of P3-D) of any Realist lenses that were
>not matched on cameras sold?  Was quality control at David White
>reliable?


Sorry for being unclear.  The reason for the high cost, as I understand
it, was that the David White company required that the lenses be
supplied to them in pairs matched to a fairly high tolerance, and that
requirement drove up the cost beyond what they were willing to cover at
the camera's advertised price.

     -Greg W. (gjw@xxxxxxxxxx)



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