Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Focotars (was Focomat IC)
From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 10:26:59 -0700

At 10:35 PM -0500 10/4/99, Eric Welch wrote:
>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.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. I meant there was a fall-off in performance
(resolution, contrast). Fall off in light can generally be compensated for.

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