I didn;t win the bid on ebay so I'll keep searching for an enlarger and lenses :)
At 08:02 AM 6/11/03 -0700, you wrote:
Generally, this is not a good idea. An enlarger lens must reproduce accurately from a close, flat field (film) to another close, flat field (paper). The requirements on a normal camera lens are not so stringent in that it must reproduce from a far, not so flat field (scene) to a close, flat field (film). This allows the camera lens designer to design for other desirable characteristics such as speed. This is why using a camera lens for enlarging is generally not a good idea. An excellent macro lens designed for close, flat field reproduction can be used to excellent effect, but there's still the mount problem.
Regards, Bob... -------------------------------------------- "Do not suppose that abuses are eliminated by destroying the object which is abused. Men can go wrong with wine and women. Shall we then prohibit and abolish women?" -Martin Luther
>From: "Pablo Coronel" <pcorone@unity.ncsu.edu>
> Anyone has done that? > is that a good idea? > I found a couple of russian Leica mount lenses (screw 39mm) pretty cheap > and was planning to test them as enlarger lenses.
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