Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2001-09-23-13:37:59 Marc James Small: > (And I have upgraded the miniature-format lens on the > Beseler from a Beseler-HD to an APO-Rodagon, so I am rapidly losing excuses > for taking lousy pictures!) Okay, this is another off-topic foray, but it's something I've been wondering about for awhile: what're people's actual fairly-hard reasons for choosing between APO-Rodagons and APO-Componon-HMs? I guess I have this old prejudice for Schneiders based on how I've seen the results from some of their large-format lenses and enlarging lenses look, but it's based on older designs and I've never really had much personal exposure to Rodenstocks. I guess it sneaks somewhere near our topic, because I'm mostly interested in printing Leicoid negatives, and there are likely interactions between the fingerprints of the optical systems... - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html