Quote Originally Posted by Drew Wiley View Post
The whole underlying question is why someone needs a lot of depth of field in an enlarging lens to begin with. I strive for as shallow a possible depth of field, critically focused on the emulsion grain or dye cloud structure itself, but ideally with any registered sheet of masking film, or the outer surfaces of the carrier glass, somewhat out of focus.
I guess I was overthinking things. I had just set up and aligned my enlarger and was thinking about what 'fudge factor' DOF might cover up. In the end, now after 300+ prints, thinks look just fine!
Thx!