Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Has anyone here ever seen or used one of the Zeiss enlarging lenses? They are going for around $3000 bucks these days and are supposedly the best money can buy. feli -----Original Message----- From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> Well, I had both the 50 and 80 Minolta enlarging lenses, with that awfull 'system' enlarger of theirs. I still have the enlarger, in a box someplace, but got rid of the lenses right away. They are far from acceptable for most kinds of demanding printing. Even the Vivitar VCE lenses blew the Minoltas out of the water. But the VCE lenses have Schneider's proprietary iris design, which leads one to suspect that they might be a rebagded S/K product. The best value going right now is the previous generation Focotar (1). It's not just sharpness, as anyone who has used vintage Leitz lenses knows. It's the mid range and micro-contrast that the 'others' just cant seem to replicate. Then again how man y people are capable of making anything larger than an 11x14 print, for thhose differences to become apparent. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com