Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't remember APO in its name anyhow ;-) My negs were dry in glass carriers (spotting in PhotoShop (or LR) is much preferable!) and it took up 10"x10", mine had a diffuser (not cold cathode) head. john ________________________________________ Interesting. The Apo El-Nikkors were available from at least the 1970s, maybe earlier. The two biggest factors I found in improving silver prints from MF and LF negatives was a really good lens and oil/wet mounting the negs - even if you're not using a physical unsharp mask. Oil mounting is a total pain, but if you need to get all the detail that's on the neg onto the print, it's the only way to go. But the light source needs to be matched to the negs - with a diffusion source it's not really worth bothering. I have only heard of/read about the Kamm enlargers, I've never used one - but do know that they came with lots of different light sources). I don't print like that anymore, but for my own prints I prefer tonality to resolution and detail, and more than anything my time is limited. Marty On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:58 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > 20"x24" with El-Nikkor (I don't think APO lenses were out when I last > printed in 1997) on Oriental Seagull with a 13" Kamm (well adjusted). > > john > ________________________________________ > > > My guess is that you never noticed much difference when wet printing > either because you didn't enlarge enough, or your enlarging system had > enough factors to degrade the image quality (lens, alignment, > stability) to a point where they were about equivalent. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information ------------------------------------------------------------ Mail was checked for spam by the Freeware Edition of CleanMail. The Freeware Edition is free for personal and non-commercial use. You can remove this notice by purchasing a full license!