Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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