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Subject: [Leica] Elmar 3.5/50 on Enlarger
From: chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)
Date: Wed Jan 28 08:33:57 2009
References: <200901271834.n0RIYl7Q084560@server1.waverley.reid.org> <4437E1CB-98B4-4E6C-AC0E-56DEE552D463@uvm.edu>

Not yet!  I have one waiting and also the head from my Summicron DR fits 
nicely on there as well.  I'm waiting to try both out on my Focomat.

At 03:04 PM 1/27/2009, you wrote:
>How about using an older collapsible M-ELmar 3.5/50 as an enlarger
>lens?  I got a Novoflex M-M39(LTM) adapter and cold use it on my
>Omega B22XL.  Has anyone else tried to use the Elmar for enlarging?
>Jan
>
>On Jan 27, 2009, at 1:34 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:
>>From: Leina Gonzalez <gonzalel@online.de>
>>Hi Lluis,
>>It was fairly easy to find a Focotar F4,4/50 in nice condition, but
>>then again I'm in Germany so maybe that helps. Though I did have to
>>wait a few weeks to find exactly the one I wanted. I've also heard
>>good things about the Schneider-Kreuznach Componon which is the
>>reason I went ahead and bought one as well. It would be great to
>>see some enlargements made with the lens; actually the reason that
>>I was insistent on the Leica enlarger & lens, is that I do shoot
>>with Leica glass, and someone on a film forum mentioned that it
>>doesn't make much sense to have a great lens, but not a great
>>enlarger lens: I had been searching for a Durst with the Schneider- 
>>Kreuznach, but they aren't easy to find; then I researched the
>>Leica enlargers (I had actually read about them in the back of my
>>camera's user manual) and figured I would try to find one. In any
>>case, I am pretty sure that this model doesn't have the AN glass,
>>and ring, so I will have to search for one. Thanks again!
>
>
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In reply to: Message from Jan.Decher at uvm.edu (Jan Decher) ([Leica] Elmar 3.5/50 on Enlarger)