Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]JCB, Thanks for the response...all of your suggestions had already been implented when we started enlarging last night...something else is going on.....We worked on it for about 3 hours and could not get the edges into focus... ----- Original Message ----- From: "JCB" <jcb@visualimpressions.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 14:17 Subject: [Leica] Re: Focomat V35 > At 11:26 AM 8/30/2004, Jon wrote: > > > >I finally got the darkroom going for the first time in 40 years! I'm using > >the V35 with the 40mm lens. The edges are slightly out of focus...is there > >an adjustment that I am not making? Thanks > > > > Use f/stops f/5.6 - f/11. > > Use a neg carrier that has anti-newton ring glass in the upper half. This > pushes down on the base of the film and makes your film flat with respect > to the baseboard. > > Optimal f/stops and flat film = sharp prints. > > JB > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >