Hi Jeff, Welcome to the list. I have a EL-Nikkor 50/2.8 that I like well enough, except it suffers from falloff above about f/8. It was reasonably priced though, I think that I paid $40 bucks for it from KEH in BGN condition. It was quite an improvement over the cheapie I was using at the time.
If I was buying new and wished to spend the money, I think that I would go for a Schneider or Rodenstock. Be aware though, that both make cheap 3 & 4 element "price point" lenses (these end with "r" ; Rogonar, Componar). Them ones you want are the 6 element lenses, Rodagons and Componons. William in Utah. "Weist, Jeff" wrote: > > As a old but new Pentaxian (I just recently returned to photography > for the first time since college) I've been waiting for an opportunity to > jump into the discussion here and this is a topic with which I need some > help. > > I have recently rebuilt my darkroom for both B&W and Ilfochrome but > am suffering with a cheap enlarging lens. The number of brands for these > things and their various consumer and pro lines are pretty confusing. Can > anyone recommend a line of good, sharp enlarging lenses (new or used) or an > Internet source for comparing them, as exists for camera lenses? The > collective wisdom of the group would be much appreciated. (I know this > isn't specifically a darkroom list but I know from reading the list for > several months now that you all know a lot about it.) > > By way of introduction, I live in Denver, Colorado, and have an LX, > ME Super and K1000. (I also have an old but nearly mint TLR CircFlex I > discovered in my parents' basement.) The ME and K1000 are from college and > the LX is a new acquisition. I found almost the entire LX outfit (minus > only one view finder and a few screens) including the winder here in Denver > recently and bought it all! I love it!! I mostly do landscapes and nature > (Colorado being the perfect state for it), a little astrophotography (I live > at 9,000 ft above sea level) and take lots of pictures of my kid. > > Thanks for teaching me so much about Pentax and photography in > general in such a short time! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Knut Kampe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Enlarging Lenses > > At 09:40 08.11.01 -0800, you wrote: > >Just wondering .... > > > >Are enlarging lenses coated? Are any multi-coated? Does Pentax make > >enlarging lenses? > > Yes enlarging lenses are coated. Usually they are execellent choice for > macrophotography, especially if you take the 6 or 7 lens versions (Componon > (Schneider) oder Rodagon (Rodenstock). > > Mr. Zoerkendoerfer in Munich makes adapters for Macrolenses to pentax mount > and ships world wide. > http://www.zoerk.com/ > > He also produces tilt adapters for enlarging lenses: > http://www.zoerk.com/pages/p_mfs.htm > > This is absolutely unique: It alows the plane of focus to be selected at > random. We are very acustomed to the limitation that the plane of focus is > parallel to the plane of the film, but in macrophotography, with it's > shallow depth of field, this is sometimes annoying! His webpage above is > very instructive and it is really fascinating to use his system! > > Just look at the face of the woman on his webpage: The plane of the face is > parrallel to the plane of the film, but by tilting the plane of focus the > upper part of the face gets difuse, because it is in front of the plane of > focus, the lower part of the face is unsharp, because it is behind the > plane of focus: just the eyes are within the plane of focus and thus crisp > sharp, wow! > > Knut > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
