I think that Nikon enlarging lens quality is all over the place. I briefly had a EL-Nikkor 50/4 which had resolution so bad that it wouldn't resolve the grain from a HP5+ negative under a grain focuser.
Of course, it's possible that I'm not looking for falloff critically enough either. Out of curiosity, do you have the newer version (I think with lighted aperture ring) or the old one? I have the old one. William in Utah. Ed wrote: > > My has light falloff all the way up through the range to F16, but it > does get progressively better as you stop down. It's most noticeable > when making contact sheets. > > Thanks, > Ed > http://lightandsilver.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of William Johnson > > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 11:09 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Enlarging Lenses > > > > > > 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. > <snip> > - > 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 .
