To the franternity of LF shooters:

Being a tryo to the incredibly discouraging world of LF photography I have a que stion dealing with light fall off on wide angle lenses. Mr. Bill G. was corre ct about my schneider 110XL losing a bit around the edges despite its so-called state-of-the-art design and vast coverage; horizontal shots of a clear blue nor th sky confirm this. My concern with using a center filter, aside from the $$$ , is if you put an 81B on top of the CF, this makes for two extra pieces of glas s, which surely must degrade image quality and negate the reason for buying this superior lense (didnt know this B4 I bought it; ignorance makes for expensi ve bliss).

If I shoot as is and make Ilfachrome prints using B&W contrast masking, will the masking rectify the fall off on the print? What about scanning and electronic manipulation, can this solve the problem when making the final print?

THX in advance

Todd Drsarvis@hotmail.com