What size neg and how big a print. I'm guessing 35mm and 8x10 or bigger. Mag ratio too big. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 5:44 PM Subject: [pure-silver] Re: looking for a 240-300mm enlarging lens > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Brick" <jim@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 5:31 PM > Subject: [pure-silver] Re: looking for a 240-300mm enlarging > lens > > > > At 06:50 PM 2/18/2005, Graham Hughes wrote: > > > >>Shannon Stoney wrote: > >> > What is a process lens, as opposed to an enlarging > >> > lens? > >>My understanding is that most process lenses are optimized > >>for 1:1, and > >>that an enlarging lens is designed to make little things > >>big (as opposed > >>to normal lenses, which make big things little). > >>Functionally both > >>types are mounted essentially in a barrel. > >> > >>Graham > > > > > > > > I have an APO Rodenstock copy lens that I use on my > > Beseler slide copier. I > > tried it in my enlarger once. Yuck! Could not make a sharp > > print. > > > > Jim > > > These are special lenses that are meant for use at a > fixed distance or magnification ratio. They are not > compromised to make them work over a wide range. Many > process lenses will work very well at infinity focus of you > stop down a but. Probably this lens is very sharp in its > intended application. > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ============================================================================ ================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.