Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] Re:focotar
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Sat Sep 25 19:21:26 2004

You need the 40mm lens, but then its a matter of setting the focus in 
line with the height of our easel.

cheers
On Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 23:48 Australia/Melbourne, 
Summicron1@aol.com wrote:

> i dunno about the V35, but i have a Focomat 1c which uses a Nikkor 
> enlarging
> lens, 50mm, and there's no problem. You DO have to calibrate the 
> autofocus cam
> for your lens, your base board height, and so on, but the instructions 
> that
> came with the enlarger should tell you how to do that, or the nice 
> folks in New
> Jersey at Leica can send you the instructions -- once set, they stay 
> for
> life.
>
> charlie trentelman
> In a message dated 5/14/04 7:51:43 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org 
> writes:
>
>
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:45:18 +0100
>> From: "Beddoe, Neil" <nbeddoe@lehman.com>
>> Subject: [Leica] Focotar 40mm and Leitz Focomat V35
>> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>,? ? "Leica Users 
>> Group"
>> ? ? <lug@leica-users.org>
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>> I read somewhere that each enlarger need to be matched to the 
>> individual
>> lens in some way in order to get the auto focus to work.? Does any 
>> one know
>> if this is true?? I find it difficult to believe that the differences 
>> from
>> lens to lens are so great that this would be necessary.
>>
>> Neil
>>
>
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