Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use an 80mm Componon for both 35 and 2 1/4. On Nov 24, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > One of the first Axioms of photography is the huge difference between a > lens > for a camera and a lens made for an enlarger. > This is complicated by the fact that the thread size for most enlarging > lenses is "Leica size". Which is 39mm. > Becuae in the 30's they either didn't know this very basic first axiom or > it was not the case yet. And people used their Elmars to first shoot the > pix > then print it. An idea being the defects of the lens in the taking would > cancel out itself in the printing. Like fall off for instance. > > But now an exquisite German or top Nikkor enlarging lens can be traded for > a > pair of old shoes. And everything 35mm format shot you do with whatever > lens Nikkor or Canon or Leitz passes through that enlarging lens. > Its the most important camera gear buy there is. Bar none. > Get an APO. > Or a 63mm Nikkor which is what I used and still have. > > The Picker people thought you needed an 80. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:26:56 -0600 (CST) >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] So, wouldn't a 50mm Summicron LTM or 35mm f2 ASPH >> LTM be >> the best enlarging lens on earth? >> >> Does > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information