Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/30

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Focomat V35
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Mon Aug 30 15:37:56 2004

Do you have an extension tube, approximately 17mm, on the lens? Those are
made for the 50mm when used on the V35.
S. Dimitrov


> From: "Jon" <jon.stanton@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:26:20 -0700
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Focomat V35
> 
> JCB,   Thanks for the response...all of your suggestions had already been
> implented when we started enlarging last night...something else is going
> on.....We worked on it for about 3 hours and could not get the edges into
> focus...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JCB" <jcb@visualimpressions.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 14:17
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Focomat V35
> 
> 
>> At 11:26 AM 8/30/2004, Jon wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I finally got the darkroom going for the first time in 40 years! I'm
> using
>>> the V35 with the 40mm lens. The edges are slightly out of focus...is
> there
>>> an adjustment that I am not making?  Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Use f/stops f/5.6 - f/11.
>> 
>> Use a neg carrier that has anti-newton ring glass in the upper half. This
>> pushes down on the base of the film and makes your film flat with respect
>> to the baseboard.
>> 
>> Optimal f/stops and flat film = sharp prints.
>> 
>> JB
>> 
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