Re: Question on Mirror Coating

Clausing.



Luca wrote:

> I have to redo the coating on my 16 inch mirror.
> There is this going urban legend according to which the enhanced
> aluminum coating has a submicron roughness that degrades the image
> contrast.
> Since this coating is almost three times more expensive than the normal
> one, I would just like to make sure that this urban legend is actually
> a legend.
> Does anybody know by first hand experince if these coatings yield
> brighter images at the expense of contrast?
>
> thanks in advance.

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