[pure-silver] Re: Advice on an 150mm enlarging lens.
- From: Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:45:19 -0500
Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> On 02/12/2012 09:04 PM, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>> Bogdan Karasek wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Since most of the group use enlargers and hence, have some
>>> knowledgeable about enlarger lenses., I come seeking your advice.
>>>
>>> I shoot B+W , and been shooting 4x5 for the past 2 years, but more and
>>> more now. 35mm seems like a submiature. Right now, I use an Omega D2v
>>> and a SK Componon 135/5.6 and a SK Xenar 150/4.5.
>>>
>>> A SK Componon 150/5.6 is available. Should I get the Componon 150 to
>>> replace the Xenar? The 150 is the one I use more often than the 135,
>>> so it would be my principle lens in that format.
>>>
>>> I also have a Wollensak Velostigmat 162/4.5 that came with the
>>> enlarger. How does it compare to a Componon and Xenar?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any comments.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Bogdan
>> I have a Beseler 45MCRX with a cold light head. I use a Schneider
>> Componon-S 180mm f/5.6 most of the time. It is not quite short enough to
>> make full frame 11x14" prints, but since I do not compose right to the
>> edge of my negatives*, this works well. It would never make a 16"x20"
>> print. I have another Schneider Componon-S 150mm f/5.6 that will allow
>> prints almost 16"x20X, but artistically speaking, I have very few images
>> worth printing on that size paper, so I do not have a lot of experience
>> with that size.
>
> With the exception of a 50mm El-Nikkor, I have nothing but Schneider
> Componon and Componon-S lenses. They have always delivered tack
> sharp results. Even my old chrome Componons are very fine lenses.
About the same with me. My first enlarging lens was the EL-Nikkor 50mm
f/2.8 that I still have and use for 35 mm work. I also have a Componon-S
135mm (I suppose it is f/5.6) that I thought to use for 120 and 220 film
in the roll film back on my 4x5 cameras, but it turns out I never shoot
that size because when I go to all the trouble of horsing my 4x5 cameras
around, with tripods, light meters, etc., it makes no sense to use less
than a 4x5 negative.
>
> I use a 150mm Componon-S with a cone on an old, original Omega D-II
> push up for 4x5 negs. It has never failed me. My past experience
> with Wollensak has been they they are not remotely the lenses the
> Schneiders are. I have no experience with the Xenar.
>
Mine does not need a cone on the 45-MCRX.
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