It is senseless to buy high-quality lenses for the camera, then nullify the quality they provide with an inferior enlarging lens; however, a quality camera lens is not suitable for enlarging. Even a moderately good Table 11-1.
Enlarging lenses have an optimum range of apertures which yield a sharp image from corner to corner, often around f8.
I have been testing many different enlarging lenses with with the 39mm screw mount.
As a result of the new strategy Nikon will discontinue production of all lenses for large format cameras and enlarging lenses with sales of these products ceasing as soon as they run out of stock.
-Stop - aperture of a camera or enlarging lens.
-Stop bath - chemical bath whose purpose is to stop development by neutralizing unwanted developer.
The aperture of a camera or enlarging lens.
Stopping down:
reducing the size of the lens aperture and thus the amount of light passing into the camera. It increases depth of field.
Stop
An aperture of a camera or enlarging lens.
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-Negative carrier supports the negative between the light source and the enlarging lens of an enlarger.
-Negative lens is a simple concave lens that causes rays of light to diverge away from the optical axis.
Leica Thread Mount: A screw type lens mounting style with 39mm diameter threads. Most enlarging lenses also have a 39mm thread mount.
 See also: Enlarging, Camera, Light, Photograph, Photographer
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