Mar 9, 2025 · The demand for enlarging lenses appears to be waning now, and top quality ones are reasonably affordable on the used market. Whereas a cheap enlarging lens will just waste …

Feb 9, 2005 · Tried this on the NIKON forum, suggested large formet forum; here goes I have an EL-NIKKOR 135 f5.6 enlarging lens of no great age. This has a 50mm thread at the back for …

Apr 24, 2018 · I've been using Nikon enlarging lenses and they've seemed adequate, but lately I've been noticing prints that seem much sharper than what I've been getting. Aside from the …

Jul 2, 2001 · In looking for an 80mm enlarging lens, I see used Schneider Componon S lenses in both f/4 and f/5.6. I thought the older Componons (pre "S") had a max aperture of 5.6 which …

Aug 20, 2002 · There are many quality 6/4 enlarging lenses: Schneider Componon and Componon-S, Rodenstock Rodagon, the Durst Componons and Vivitar VHE lenses (both …

May 10, 2009 · <p>There was a posting a few days ago about using enlarging lenses for macro, and another recent post about adapting a non-Nikon bellows to fit Nikon cameras.</p> <p>I've …

Oct 31, 2003 · Does anyone with experience of enlarging black and white 8x10 negatives feel that the quality gain is signifcant over enlarging from the 4x5 format ? I know that many people …

May 6, 2004 · Dear forum users, What is the best lens to enlarge 6x6 films? Dichroic color enlarger (also another condensers one), XXL column, VC paper. Magnification between 4x …

May 3, 2005 · Enlarging lenses seem to be more sensitive to reproduction ratio and so tend to do less well when used for distant subjects. Of course, if you already have an enlarging lens it …

Sep 28, 2018 · As others have noted, it is helpful to reduce the number of variables - use the same f/stop on the enlarging lens and adjust exposure only by changing time, use the same …