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Oren, thanks for the pointer to Sandy King's comments regarding perceiving greater resolution than the often cited 8lpmm. Someday I hope to be fortunate enough to see King's work in person to...

Sorry, Mark Woods, I find no sense whatsoever in what you say concerning contact prints, and the rest you wrote is just confusing to me.

Mr. Petronio is reasonably assuming that Percy does not have the lens in hand and cannot see all the markings on it.

Good point! Thank you!

Interesting, Mr. Petronio. Linhof lenses with which I am familiar have the manufacturer's complete markings. Can you point us to an example of this rebadging you claim Linhof has used to obscure...

However, a multicoated lens will generally perform better in high contrast situations than a single coated lens, and typically much better than an uncoated lens.

My impression is that for ULF...

To answer jtf, the best case is about 30 line pairs per milimeter for paper resolution and that level of definition is matched and bettered in older lenses.

30 lp/mm seems extreme for a contact...

I understand well how diffraction is not an issue, but I know nothing about ULF lenses in particular, but is it possible (or is it heresy) that an older, more reasonably priced lens is adequate to...

Charles Darwent Unhelpfully for anyone looking to him for tips on how to write about photography, Cartier-Bresson's line on it was short and dense: "Il n'y a que coincidences," purred the master;...

Imagon 300mm

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