Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bernard I have a glass neg carriers for 2 1x4 square and 4x5. But I only use glass in 4x5. Most of the time I don't think glass offers any advantage in 120. I only use the glass carrier for problem negs (those that are bowed or curled). I most often shoot Verichrome Pan in 120 and for some reason it's stays very flat. I use a cold light and don't have problems with neg popping. I don't stop down much. Most enlarging lenses are diffraction limited at fairly wide apertures. Even with that I don't seem to have an issue with film flatness issue (again, except for problem negs). Dave - -----Original Message----- From: Bernard Cousineau [mailto:flatbroke@sympatico.ca] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 6:42 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Darkroom! "Rodgers, David" wrote: > My Rodagon is the 80/4 APO N. My El Nikkor is plain vanilla 105/5.6. So I'm > a bit perplexed by the results. I even tried to convince myself otherwise, > but the 105 performs at last as well as the 80. Maybe even better. One question: do you use a glass neg carrier? The 105, being 25% longer, should give you better results if your negs are not absolutely flat. I once tested all of the enlarging lenses at my local community darkroom and found that the sharpest was an off-brand Japanese 45 mm., as seen through the grain magnifier. When judging actual prints, a Schneider 80 was significantly better since it could bring the whole neg into focus. Bernard - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html