Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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! > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018@med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049 "I am the radiation"