Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henry Ambrose wrote: > > >Mark: I was using a 150 Componon-S enlarging lens....get something stronger > >or different? > > > >I could use my 6x ASPH ROdenstock Loupe? > > > >Frank Filippone > >red735i@earthlink.net > > > Hey Frank, > > I'm not Mark, but here goesS > I think that if you really want to compare/contrast the 2 lenses you need > to see the pictures at a decent magnification. I have the same 6X > Rodenstock and it is the best one I've ever seen BUT its still not enough > for what you're doing. I like to see the pictures scanned and blown up > real big in Photoshop. Its a big view!><Snip> I agree that there are three things here and they are all different. 1. Inspecting a neg with a quality loupe. (Make that four) 2. Printing it big with a quality enlarger lens and aligned enlarger. 3. Making a big fat scan out of the neg and checking it out on your monitor. 4. Projecting it on a flat mat screen with a quality enlarger lens (which i don't got, just a cheap Kodak Ektagraphic FF lens 76mm f3.5, which is probably acrylic! but which allows me to tell my K25 from my K64, no grain in the K25, would i see the grain with a better projection lens?))))