Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]D Khong wrote: > > Friends > > At the latest count on Sat, 6th Feb in my time zone, there were 34 of us > who are into darkroom printing. Assuming that the actual number of > darkroom enthusiasts is correct this would work out to about 5 percent of > the LUG. > > The Focotar-2 is highly regarded amongst those who have used and tested it, > and many would put its performance on par with the best that Nikon, > Schneider and Rodenstock has to offer. > > I am sure many of use would love to see Solms bring out a top notch > enlarging lens at least for the 35mm format. If people are willing to > spend $2000 or more on a camera lens alone, a $x99.99 APO-Focomat-3 is a > very reasonable investment to bring out the best in the best. Solms should > explore this corner of the market seriously. > > Dan K. Add me to the list for darkroom printing. I'll be spending the day in there tomorrow working on some prints for an upcoming display. But honestly I don't worry about one more lens that Leica needs to manufacture or that I have to buy. There comes a point of diminishing return when the whole point of photography is a pursuit of technical best rather than doing or content. Some pretty amazing photographs have come down to us through time and they weren't printed or photographed through the best glass or cameras. I have a 35mm Summaron 3.5 LTM that still knocks the socks off most of my Canon lenses. It's absolutely amazing glass, at least 40+ years old and hardly state of the art. IMHO. - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/