Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Before I bought my Leitz V35 with a multgrade module, I used a Leitz Focomat with Ilford filters beneath the lens. The last prints I did with the Focomat were from the same negatives as I used to make the first prints with my V35. The prints came out the same. Only difference is that the V35 is much more convenient in several respects. Print quality, I just can not see any difference. Chris >Do any Luggers use 0-5 filters, such as Ilford's, under their enlarger >lenses to increase or decrease contrast and detect a decrease in sharpness >in their prints because of this arrangement? I have acquired my father's 50s >Kodak condensor enlarger with a Schneider lens and it has the old, standard >swing out circular metal device just below the lens. The enlarger will not >accept Ilford's flat sheet filters above the negative. Thanks for >responding. > >Terry - -- Christer Almqvist D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France