No, it was just a senior moment :-). It's a Componon-S, the one Mike pointed out. Paul
Shel Belinkoff wrote: > The Componon-S is a better lens than that ol' El Nikkor, anyway. Wit a > minute - you wrote Componar-S - is that what you meant? > > Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > > I've been engaged in a recent flurry of ebay buys, as I've been building > > a 6x7 kit and upgrading my darkroom to handle 6x7 and 4x5. Today I > > received one piece of defective merchandise: a Nikon El Nikkor 105/5.6 > > enlarging lens with a fogged inner element. It's probably a fungus. The > > lens itself isbeautiful. It's an all metal, chrome plated early model > > with flawless finish. But held up to a light it reveals a cloud in the > > center of an inner element. This is only my third piece of defective > > merchandise out of about 70 ebay buys. Both of the other sellers of bad > > merchandise were unaware and promptly refunded my money. Let's see what > > happens this time. > > Fortunately, I bought a Schneider Componar-S 100/5.6 two days later, > > so I should have a workable setup by this weekend or slightly > > thereafter. (The Omega D2 coldlight enlarger arrived today.) Gotta get > > down to the darkroom and get to work. > > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > 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 .

