Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focotars (was Focomat IC)
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:35:58 -0500

At 03:52 PM 10/4/99 -0700, Henning J. Wulff wrote:
>I also have the Focotar 40/2.8, and while it is a decent wideangle
>enlarging lens, it is a definite step down from my Focotar and the
>Focotar-2

Are you using it on the V35? Tests I've seen say it's fall off on the V35 
is 1/10 stop from center to edge. And I have used all three lenses, and 
find the 40 to be the best in my experience. But I wasn't autofocusing with 
the older Focotars. I was with the 40.

Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO

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