Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
Mine are Rodagon N's, Bob, up to 150. I don't have any longer Apo Rogadons per se, which certain others have used as enlarging lenses, esp 180's, so can't comment on those. My 180 is an ordinary Rodagon. I highly respect your own experience and opinons, but you were obviously selling a European option, whereas certain other concerns out here were strictly pushing Nikon process lenses, which certainly seemed more common in California, meaning the higher grade 4-element lenses. I've never even seen one of their cheaper line of process lenses like used on compact stat cameras - I assume most of the ones in use were rebranded Rogonars, or something analogous 3-element. Machine optics etc is a whole other topic. But a lot of this is basically overkill talk - which is better? - a Rolls or a Bentley, a Ferrari or a Maserati, cause it's hard to find a driver worthy of either, and I'll never be able to afford a recycled rear bumper to any of them. Likewise, it's a darn rare negative that will worthily test the real distinctions between these various top-end lenses. Workable magnification ratios are important.
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