Tin Can
small lenses are good, easy to friction mount in a FOAM BARRELOriginally Posted by Randy Moe
Hi Randy. When I was there, Jens still had a very clean 210 Apo El Nikkor in stock (older heavier version). And at one point he got ahold of a very rare 300 and sold it for around 12K. I could have once bought a very clean late 210 from someone else for only 1K - a mere pittance of the going rate. But a problem with these that most people aren't aware of (besides their sheer weight), is that the MTF is just too high - every tiny glitch or Anti-Newton texture in the carrier glass and every itty bitty scratch or particle of dust on the film gets revealed. Simply too much of a good thing. For awhile the 210's were in high demand as the ultimate lens for high-end scanning back cameras used for copying paintings, and that drove their price wildly high. But all you really get over a 4-element Apo Nikkor in terms of enlarger usage is one stop faster, provided the lens is longer than "normal" in application.
I'm using an El-Nikkor 240mm f5.6 similar to this brochere, but newer with straight adjusting rims.
It is big and has a custom board for my Beseler 8X10.
http://www.savazzi.net/download/manu...g_lenses_2.pdf
Here they say 6 elements. http://store.khbphotografix.com/EL-N...ives-Used.html
Tin Can
Those are very nice lenses, Randy. I have a 240/9 Apo Nikkor which I use for enlarging 4x5 originals onto 8x10 dupes or internegs, and will evenly enlarge 8x10 film itself stopped down to f/16. But since my 8x10 enlargers have plenty of column height, I prefer to use a 305 Apo Nikkor which has even illumination and superb corner sharpness by f/11. When that is not bright enough for convenient focus and composition, I use a 360/5.6 El Nikkor, a huge beast which was a real luxury back in the days of very slow Cibachrome.
I have used 300 and 360 Rodagons old and newer on a 10X10 FOTAR.
Here is a very similar thread from 4 years ago. Drew is consistent.
https://www.largeformatphotography.i...l=1#post521879
Tin Can
Well, it’s finally in place and assembled!
Still trying to figure out the lens board situation...
Ashlyn Posiak
www.ajposiak.com
Isn't there track for the enlarger to ride on?
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Yep, the track is laid down now...
Ashlyn Posiak
www.ajposiak.com
Finally found this:
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
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