Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:08 PM 7/23/97 +1000, you wrote: >LUGgers, > >I am finding good information on enlarging lenses hard to come by and >there's such a wealth of experience here I can't resist asking the >following non-Leica question. My apologies in advance. > >I print my monochromes in a shared commercial darkroom and I think its >time to get my own enlarging lens. I'm seeing spots before my eyes and >they won't go away. > >Does anyone have a recommendation for a lens in the 80 - 90 mm range? I >would like value for money (don't we all), but then I don't want to be >disappointed and want to upgrade in a few years' time either. I have >been using a Schneider Componon-S and like it (especially the little >lever that allows you to flip between wide open and closed down to my >chosen f-stop). > >Regards, >Rob. The Schneider Componon-S is nothing to sneeze at. It's a high quality sharp lens. That said, I have a good friend who prints Cibachrome (only) for a limited clientele. He is an absolute perfectionist. He has been through several brands of enlarging lenses and has settled on the APO Rodagon. Looking through a list of lenses, I see that Schneider now has the APO Componon HM. I personally have always been partial to Schneider optics so I would probably head this way. Check-out http://www.schneideroptics.com/ . Jim