Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Lottermoser wrote: > > mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com (Mark Rabiner)7/28/0011:44 AM > > > I made two C prints > Hyper-tech question. Did you use the same enlarging lens? > And did you clean them (the two enlarging lenses)? > > George George! I did clean them as I was in a rental lab. I used the 105 Nikkor for the brownie film, a lens second to none as far as I go. But to crank that enlarger all the way up (A D5) and also use the 105 for the 35mm and a 9X magnification would not have been fair or right and would have been awkward. It's probably optimized for a 3 to 6 times magnification. So I used the 50mm El Nikkor which is the standard of the industry and no slouch. At my darkroom I retired that particular lens in favor of the esoteric and excellent and useful 63mm El Nikkor. Makes for slightly nicer ergonomics (less neck pain) and the resolution and so on in the corners are not a big difference from the center. Mark Rabiner