Talk:Lens

Should the list of lens mounts go to the main page? --rebollo_fr

I would leave it where it is.

Ref: All very fast lenses are interchangeable lenses, so if this will be important to you, you will need an interchangeable lens camera.

I understand what you were trying to say here but this is not entirely true. Many digicams have fast lenses especially for zooms. My Sony f717 has the 35mm equivellent of a 38-190mm zoom at f2-2.4 In the 35mm world that would be a very fast zoom.

Lens coating has nothing to do with color correction

I've corrected this myth both here and in the glossary. For a very good explanation of how antireflection coatings work, check Rick Oleson's discussion of the matter here. (He's a camera and optical guru.)

From his page:

One last, unrelated question: Does coating make a lens "color-corrected"?

No. Color correction is a function of the optical design of the lens, and is not affected in any way by coating. Color correction is the property of a lens that causes all colors to focus at the same [...]