Look in the manual whether you need to move the condensors to obtain even illumination of you MF negatives.
Schneider lenses are very good, I'd go for it. Also EL-Nikkors are good.
Good luck
At 12:48 PM 9/13/04, you wrote:
Thanks for the Schneider info Per. Now...in the condensor, what am I looking for? The negative carrier certainly seemes to be part of the overall design. What else am I ignorant of? Please keep comments on topic people. :) --- Elgenper <elgenper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No Schneider lens is "complete rubbish". That said, > there is a > difference between the Componons (top notch) and > Componars (cheaper). > However, even a Componar will perform very well if > stopped down a > little. So don´t worry about that. > > However, not only the lens and neg carrier, but also > the condenser (or > light box in a colour head), must be the correct > size for the negative > used. If the enlarger comes with only a 35 mm > condenser, it won´t work > with a 6x6 cm neg, no matter what lens you use. So > if I were you, I´d > check this out before spending money on the lens. > > Per Öfverbeck > http://foto.ofverbeck.se > > > 2004-09-13 kl. 12.08 skrev trevor cunningham: > > > Hey gang. My employer recently purchased a Kaiser > enlarger with an > > adjustable neg carrier (whoopee! I can finally do > my own BW > > MF!...sort of). However, the enlarger only can > with a 50mm lens. I > > have a friend from the UK coming to Cairo for a > visit and was > > wondering if I can find a 75 or 80mm lens to > accomodate 120 film for > > around 60-70 pounds. She'd bring it over no > problem, my job is to > > locate such an item. I found a Schneider lens in > Jessop's Internet > > catalog, but am unfamiliar with the brand and > quality...if it's > > complete rubbish, I'll ignore it. Any > suggestions? > >
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