Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Stupid Question Time
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 20:56:06 -0700

At 04:01 PM 5/11/98 -0400, you wrote:
>A while ago MJ wrote that he was just going to use one camera and one lens
and
>one enlarging lens.  What was that enlarging lens?  Apo-Rodigon or APO -
>Componion?
>If the designation APO is a nomenclature to have the three color wavelengths
>all converge why is it desirable to have one for b&w printing?  Obviously I'm
>shopping for a new enlarging lens, I currently have a Nikkor, will I see any
>difference with the two listed above or am I just throwing away money?
> 

IMHO, if you are going to print large Cibachromes (Ilfochromes to the
uninformed), I would chose (and have) the APO Rodagon. If I were only
printing B&W and maybe some color neg, I would probably keep the Nikkor, if
it's an EL Nikkor. If not, go for the APO Rodagon.

Jim