Enlarger Lens coverage

[ic-racer]

A good light source for 10x10" will likely cost thousands. If on a budget:



I once taped a piece of semi-translucent 8x11 paper to a window to compare light meters. The paper was perfectly illuminated from corner to corner. As good or better than the light box of my 10x10 Durst enlarger.

[Mark Kononczuk]

Yes, i was considering using daylight. Can you use a camera Lens as an enlarging Lens?

[xkaes]

Yes, i was considering using daylight. Can you use a camera Lens as an enlarging Lens?

Sure you can, but most are not optimized for that magnification. If you have a process lens, you will get better results.

[Mal Paso]

Yes, i was considering using daylight. Can you use a camera Lens as an enlarging Lens?

Now that graphic arts cameras have mostly gone away there are a lot of graphic arts apochromats for sale cheap. They are corrected for enlarging magnifications, a flat field and like I said, cheap. Ebay

[John Layton]

My 150mm G-Claron allows me to print 30x40 inches from 5x7 negatives...vertically with my Zone VI series 2 enlarger. Seems like a sweet spot for this lens and magnification as the results are stellar, yet much larger or smaller and things are not quite as great. My 180mm Companon-S (also when enlarging from 5x7) is better (than the 150) for 16x20's and 40x60's (the latter projected horizontally). Go figure!