Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used an 80 Nikkor for when I was printing 5x7's so the lens would not be right on top of the enlarging easel. I used an 135mm for 4x5's and wallets. And id use the 50 2.8 I think for very large prints like 16x20's and 20x24's. They covered. No fall off. I got some great deals on German glass but by then the ink jetting was really kicking in and my darkroom was getting dusty. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:02:57 -0600 (CST) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] So, wouldn't a 50mm Summicron LTM or 35mm f2 ASPH LTM > be > the best enlarging lens on earth? > > I use an 80mm > Componon for both 35 and 2 1/4. > > > On Nov 24, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > >> One of the first Axioms of photography is the huge difference between a >> lens >> for a camera and a lens made for an enlarger. >> This is complicated by the fact that the thread size for most enlarging >> lenses is "Leica size". Which is 39mm. >> Becuae in the 30's they either didn't know this very basic first axiom or >> it was not the case yet. And people used their Elmars to first shoot the >> pix >> then print it. An idea being the defects of the lens in the taking would >> cancel out itself in the printing. Like fall off for instance. >> >> But now an exquisite German or top Nikkor enlarging lens can be traded >> for a >> pair of old shoes. And everything 35mm format shot you do with whatever >> lens Nikkor or Canon or Leitz passes through that enlarging lens. >> Its the most important camera gear buy there is. Bar none. >> Get an APO. >> Or a 63mm Nikkor which is what I used and still have. >> >> The Picker people thought you needed an 80. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >>> From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:26:56 -0600 (CST) >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] So, wouldn't a 50mm Summicron LTM or 35mm f2 ASPH >>> LTM >>> be >>> the best enlarging lens on earth? >>> >>> Does >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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