Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Equally elusive is the Focotar-3. The V-Elmar 100mm is no slouch either. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Jun 18, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > McKeown's Law, of course, comes into play here, but there is a bit > more to > the story. > > The 5.6/100 Focotar-II was introduced in 1977 for use on the > Focomat IIc > and was never catalogued separately. It only lasted in production > until > 1983 and is a relatively rare lens. It is unfortunate that there > are very > few collectors of enlarging lenses, as this one would be a plum to > own. > However, demand is controlled by users of sheet-film and large-format > enlargers. For reasons which escape me, as I have never used one > though I > have owned several over the years, this lens has come to have an > almost > mythic reputation among dark-room guys working in those larger > sizes and is > much sought by such folks. There have been discussions on several > of the > darkroom lists about this lens over the years. > > I suspect that an APO-Rodagon or the like would be of comparable > quality, > but the Focotar-II is much beloved, as is the 4/50 Focotar-2 for > miniature > format uses. The last Leitz enlarging lens, the 2.8/40 WA-Focotar > never > got an equal reputation, though it is a workhorse of a lens when > that pukey > yellow-green light is on. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information