Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That would be ideal for large prints like that. 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 23:30:33 -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 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information