Huh? I have an MX-EVS with Xenar that is contrasty as all gitalong, if anything more so than my 3.5F Planar. Both cameras and lenses were CLA'd by H. Fleenor within a year or so of each other. There are character differences between the two lenses, but contrast is not an issue. Both make beautiful images with identical processing times. Can it be that the earlier lenses you encountered had never been cleaned? That would be typical and could account for your observations.
Allen Zak On Jun 18, 2007, at 1:38 PM, slobodan dimitrov wrote:
I usually pulled my development times to account for my slight over exposure, which was about half a stop to 2/3 of a stop. A method of exposing and processing I still use to this day. With the Omega lenses, if I missed their strange threshold, such as too big a pull, I would get flat highlights. If I didn't pull enough I then would get blown highlights. At that time I was also the lab tech when the professors weren't around to guide the students, and also worked at a rental darkroom with ten stalls. So I got to see a lot of film and prints from which to draw some fairly basic conclusions about where my gear's product stood. As far as shooting with Rolleis, I won't use anything prior to the early 70's. I'm done with the hassle of split runs to accommodate for the lower contrast of the earlier lenses. Currently I use a 3.5F, #2830xxxx, and 2.8F white face, Planar and Xenotar respectively.s.d. On Jun 18, 2007, at 9:53 AM, Eric Goldstein wrote:The whites were either flat, or somewhat blown out when the lighting ratios exceeded the limits of the materials.Slo, you are a kidder... This statement belongs in the Irwin Corey hall of fame! Too funny!--- 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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