Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24

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Subject: Re: Off Leica Topic - enlarger lenses
From: c.blaue@bmsg.de
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:57:54 +0200
 
>>>>> " " == Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> writes:

     > The Schneider Componon-S is nothing to sneeze at. It's a high quality
     > sharp lens. That said, I have a good friend who prints Cibachrome
     > (only) for a limited clientele. He is an absolute perfectionist. He has
     > been through several brands of enlarging lenses and has settled on the
     > APO Rodagon.  Looking through a list of lenses, I see that Schneider
     > now has the APO Componon HM. I personally have always been partial to
     > Schneider optics so I would probably head this way. Check-out
     > http://www.schneideroptics.com/ .

     > Jim

The Schneider APO Componon and the Rodenstock APO Rodagon both are top
performers. I have not compared them with the Leica Focotar but I guess they
are (at least) on the same level. They both come with a preselectable aperture. 

christoph