Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a 40mm f4 El-Nikkor that covers 35mm. I used it to make 20x24's, but it has been a long time since I made any that size. On Nov 24, 2012, at 11:11 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I used an 80 Nikkor for when I was printing 5x7's so the lens would not be > right on top of the enlarging easel. > > I used an 135mm for 4x5's and wallets. > > And id use the 50 2.8 I think for very large prints like 16x20's and > 20x24's. > They covered. No fall off. > > I got some great deals on German glass but by then the ink jetting was > really kicking in and my darkroom was getting dusty. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > >> From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:02:57 -0600 (CST) >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] So, wouldn't a 50mm Summicron LTM or 35mm f2 ASPH >> LTM be >> the best enlarging lens on earth? >> >> I use an 80mm >> Componon for both 35 and 2 1/4. >> >> >> On Nov 24, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> One of the first Axioms of photography is the huge difference between a >>> lens >>> for a camera and a lens made for an enlarger. >>> This is complicated by the fact that the thread size for most enlarging >>> lenses is "Leica size". Which is 39mm. >>> Becuae in the 30's they either didn't know this very basic first axiom >>> or >>> it was not the case yet. And people used their Elmars to first shoot the >>> pix >>> then print it. An idea being the defects of the lens in the taking would >>> cancel out itself in the printing. Like fall off for instance. >>> >>> But now an exquisite German or top Nikkor enlarging lens can be traded >>> for a >>> pair of old shoes. And everything 35mm format shot you do with whatever >>> lens Nikkor or Canon or Leitz passes through that enlarging lens. >>> Its the most important camera gear buy there is. Bar none. >>> Get an APO. >>> Or a 63mm Nikkor which is what I used and still have. >>> >>> The Picker people thought you needed an 80. >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> Photography >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >>> >>> >>>> From: Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:26:56 -0600 (CST) >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] So, wouldn't a 50mm Summicron LTM or 35mm f2 ASPH >>>> LTM >>>> be >>>> the best enlarging lens on earth? >>>> >>>> Does >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information