Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jem; The lens I have in mind is the 40 f2.8 apo-componon-HM. If it has the approximate results as the focotar, then I'll stick with the leitz lens. What do you think? Slobodan Dimitrov Jem Kime wrote: > I've no idea if the 40mm f2.8 Focotar is a wider formulation of the (44mm?) > f4.5. Although I'd heard a rumour that Schneider make the Leitz Focotar > enlarging lens, I hadn't heard this confirmed. Note that Schneider's > current Apo lens is a 45mm F4 rather than a 40 or 44mm. > > Mid range values and print brightness just as clean and seperated as the > Focotar at its better apertures, one to two stops down. Perhaps this was an > unfair comparison in that at F4.5 maybe the Focotar would be just as good, > I shall have to compare those settings sometime. >