Can I ask where in Denver you found those? I promise not to go clean them out, but haven't found a shop I'm happy with yet...
Mike Y. >From: "Weist, Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Enlarging Lenses >Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:00:04 -0700 > > 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 . > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - 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 .
