Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Focomat V35
From: nicholsj at edge.net (JAMES NICHOLS)
Date: Mon Aug 30 15:36:47 2004

Jon,

If you happen to have an LTM 5cm Elmar, screw it in and see what you get. 
Years ago, I found it was a fine enlarger lens.  The only problem was that
you had to look up to set the f-stop unless you had the special Leitz
gadget to assist with that function.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN


> [Original Message]
> From: Jon <jon.stanton@comcast.net>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: 8/30/2004 5:26:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Focomat V35
>
> 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
> >
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