Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 3:47 PM -0700 10/4/99, Frank Filippone wrote: >I too have been upgrading my enlarging lenses.... The Focotars seem not too >available locally. So I have a 90 Schneider Apo Componon HM for my Hassy >stuff, and a 120 WA Rodagon for the 4x5. The 35 MM category is a bit >tough.. I have a requisite 50 Nikkor 2.8, but my 35 printing is negligible. > >What interests me is your comment about the 105 El Nikkor...... I have one, >in fact they are common... but your comment about covering only 35 is a bit >puzzling...... are you speaking about the 105 APO El-Nikkor? That covers >6x6, ro so I have been told. It is the rare bird..... and priced, used, >more than what you saw in the 70's > > >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net > > >One lens I've wanted to try was the 105/5.6 El Nikkor that covered only 35. >Apparently it defined the pinnacle of enlarger lens performance in the >70's. Yes, the Apo. Best performance only for 35 according to someone I know who had one. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com