Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:15 AM 10/7/99 -0500, Anderson, Ferrel E wrote: >. Yet Leica in their literature state the best aperture of the Leica >enlarging lenses is f8. Any discussion on this from you LUGers? I seem to remember being told by someone at Leica that this lens was at its optimum aperture at f/4 or f/5.6. Hmmm.... >Just a note to add to the subject. In the Modern Photography test of the V35 >enlarger, they stated that the performance of the 40mm Focotar was the >best they >had ever seen with the exception of the $1,600 100 APO enlarging lens (no >doubt >the APO El Nikor) in testing with their test color negative. Theirs was a >practical test. Yep, that was back in the late 70s or early 80s. It was that article that sold me on the V35, and when I later got one, I was not disappointed. It's the easiest enlarger to use there is and the results are impeccable. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Life is a Lambourghini: It goes too fast, and it costs too much.