Help Mounting A 162mm Raptar To A D5 (For 4x5)

[rpsez]

Not to rain on your parade any further, but my experience with a couple of 162mm enlarging Raptars about 25 years ago, was unhappy. This was in an old-line corporate industrial lab; us young whippersnappers found them to be unsharp and low in contrast. After a struggle, management replaced them with 150mm El-Nikkors and the prints improved immediately.

LoL.

Thanks for the input. Looks like I'll be using it for a paperweight here in the very near future.

R

[Mark Sampson]

Well, I didn't mean to disrespect Wollensak lenses; I've used many good ones. Those two just didn't cut it. If you can eventually fit the Wolly on your enlarger, it might be worth an A/B comparison. If not, it should make a fine loupe, not just a paperweight.

[rpsez]

Well, I didn't mean to disrespect Wollensak lenses; I've used many good ones. Those two just didn't cut it. If you can eventually fit the Wolly on your enlarger, it might be worth an A/B comparison. If not, it should make a fine loupe, not just a paperweight.

Not at all - not at all.

I'm only a couple of years into my darkroom experience and most of it (99.8%) has been self-taught. This is not a good thing, as you can imagine.

...and I hadn't thought of using it as a loupe! Good idea.

R