Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/05

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Subject: [Leica] Focotar question
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sat Nov 5 19:31:57 2005
References: <B604AC81-2E5F-44B8-BA7B-75FD8D48FABB@charter.net>

Beats the heck out of me but:

http://www.photogs.com/bwworld/faq/faq5.html

There are several Leitz Focotar lenses, and they are all excellent:  
however the best 50 mm Focotar is the last formulation, the f4.5  
Focotar-2. It outperforms the earlier formulas at f5.6 and at smaller  
apertures, and at greater magnification than 10x. It also features,  
according to Leitz, better color correction. In my tests, it also  
outperforms the best current lenses from major manufacturers when  
examined on the Focomat 1C, which features a condensor illumination  
system, especially in terms of contrast. The Focotars at f5.6 and  
smaller apertures show no flare and color fringes like the new faster  
enlarging lenses from other manufacturers - this means better blacks  
and brilliance in your prints. I have not used or examined the f2.8  
40mm Focotar for the Leitz V35 enlarger, but expect that it is superb.

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John Collier

(who has a 50/4.5 Focotar 2 but is not sure he is going to use it)


On 5-Nov-05, at 4:53 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> Anyone know the difference between the Focotar-2 and the previous  
> version Focotar?

In reply to: Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] Focotar question)