Thanks Marc,What is the significance of the APO designation. I see lots of Rodagon lenses without the APO.
Elias On Aug 1, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Marc James Small wrote:
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 msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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