Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ben, I have collected 50mm, 80mm, 100mm and 150mm from the major manufacturers over a span of 30 years. You would be surprised by some of my findings. Some of them are at their optimum when only stopped down 1 stop. Most are at their best 2 stops from maximum aperture. One of the names which seems to be left out most of the time is Minolta. Their 80mm f5.6 C.E. I found to be every bit as good as the comparable Schneider, Rodenstock and Nikkors. Eugene Smith also liked this lens a great deal. Ansel Adams preferred the APO-Nikkors. These were slow (f9.0) but in a league of their own. Take care, Mike >From: Benjamin Marks <benmarks2005@gmail.com> >Date: Fri Nov 11 10:01:04 CST 2005 >To: lug@leica-users.org >Subject: [Leica] Re:OT enlarging lenses >You will get a lot of different answers on this one, I suspect. I LOVE my >50mm Schneider Componon-S. I had been using an EL-Nikkor, and the Schneider >was just a huge leap forward for me. I recently bought (for cheeep!) a Leitz >enlarger with an older Focotar, and I am eager to see what it can do. But I >gotta say, that Schott glass is yumm-o. I believe that enlarger/easel >alignment is important to get the most out of any enlarging lens. This is a >little like high-end eyepieces for telescopes or normal lenses for view >cameras: there is something good to say about the premium lenses of all the >brands (Nikon/Rodenstock/Schneider -- I may have forgotten others). > Ben Marks > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information