RE: [Leica] ?: Focomat 1c lens choices

[Jeremy Kime <jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk>]

Andrew,
Others may give you more practical answers, I enjoy responding with the
trivial and perverse...
Leitz did make an adapter for you to use the fullest potential of your
Summicron, by using it as the enlarging lens as well.
Not reccomended at full aperture of course but I had a friend who used hers
and turned out plenty of 12 x 16 exhibition prints which looked fantastic.
Jem


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Andrew Moore [SMTP:moore@rscs.net]
> 
> For as long as I've used the Focomat 1c enlarger, I've been using
> a Leitz 50/4.5 Focotar lens on it.  I've been happy with the results but
> I really have nothing to compare it against, and I'd like to know if there
> are other lens choices (including more modern optics) that I could use 
> with this enlarger.
> 
> The enlarger has a 39 mm screw-mount thread, and I've also got a
> DOORX adapter which allows me to mount the Focotar.
> 
> I'm particularly interested in lenses that would allow me to exploit the
> current 50/2 Summicron to its fullest potential, as that seems to be
> my most frequently used lens.
> 
> --Andrew
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