Enlarger Lens repair

[bob carnie]

I would like to here about Repair service in North America . I have a lovely 180mm Apo Rodagon that I think has some issues within the elements and wonder if there are places that can evaluate/repair these types of lenses.
Willing to ship , I am not aware of any good vendors in my area.

[neil poulsen]

What issues are you seeing? I have one of these lenses.

[bob carnie]

one edge of print is always out of focus, I think previous owner dropped it. Not huge out of focus but enough to make it useless as it is.

[Richard Wasserman]

Maybe John Van Stelton at Focal Point? http://www.focalpointlens.com/fp_intro.html

[Bob Salomon]

Ask Amplis. They are tha Rodenstock distributor inCanada.

[Jim C.]

That must have been quite a drop to knock the lens elements out of whack without cracking,
have you checked all the usual suspects like the lens flange for cross threading, bent lens flange,
enlarger lens board out of parallel, etc etc ?

[Bob Salomon]

one edge of print is always out of focus, I think previous owner dropped it. Not huge out of focus but enough to make it useless as it is.

So your enlarger is properly aligned and you are using a glass carrier and are stopping down about 2 stops from wide open and printing within the optimization range of the lens?

[John Olsen]

Maybe Calumet in Chicago still does repairs. Jose did a wonder job on a Schneider lens for me a couple of years ago.

[Richard Wasserman]

Maybe Calumet in Chicago still does repairs. Jose did a wonder job on a Schneider lens for me a couple of years ago.

Unfortunately Calumet no longer exists

[Luis-F-S]

I would definitely take Bob's suggestion. He should know! Like Neil, I've had one for around 25 years, probably my favorite enlarging lens! L