[rollei_list] Re: Lens recommendation

  • From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:24:50 -0400

At 01:59 PM 8/1/2010, Elias_Roustom wrote:
>I found my El Nikkor 50mm f2.8 enlarger lens with a web-like growth in
>it this morning, all over the inner element. A victim of the recent
>damp hot weather.
>My fault for leaving out over the week I suppose.
>
>My ever so slightly hazy Componon 50/f4 back up will have to do for
>now. But this means I'm shopping for a new enlarger lens.
>
>What should I be looking for?

APO-Rodagon. Accept no less. These guys are now available inexpensively on eBay and are great enlarging lenses. Leitz made a couple of decent lenses, as has JSK, but the APO-Rodagons take the cake. I have used many of them, and I have two APO-Rodagons on my Beseler 23CXII enlarger.

Marc


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