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Leica Focotar Enlarger lens 4.5/50


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I've got to use one, when I find one cheap on ebay, but how do I fit this to my durst enlarger?

For now I've got a Nikon EL 4/50 one that clicks on to the Durst, thanks to a wider cone like ring attached to the rear of the lens. If I am not mistaken the Focotar is an M39 crew rear element lens.

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Focotar lenses are indeed LTM. Be careful though. LTM is not M39; LTM is 39mm diameter x 25 threads per inch pitch. Compur 1 is true M39; it is 39mm diameter x 0.75mm thread pitch. There could be lens boards for Durst that are M39 for Compur 1 use and that are not LTM.

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Seems that setopia 2839 is for Durst 601 not M301 which is mine.

Is there a difference?

M39 isn't LTM. However dew to the focusing ability of the Durst I wouldn't have to screw the lens all the way, just a thread or two would do. Is this correct?

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Whatever you find, if you will tell us why you wish to use a Focotar it would be appreciated.

 

I use a Focomat IIa and have found its original Focotar lenses remarkably inferior to Rodenstock lenses.

 

Perhaps the Focomats have a nature I cannot appreciate.

 

Please stay in touch with us regarding results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I have to master enlarging.

Just begun to develop my films using caffenol.

My Durst looks like could be a little more sharp.

Not sure if it is the EL 4/50 or the enlarger.

Looks like lower right corner could use a bit more focusing.

If I had to measure brightness and use the number 100 I am sure all four corners would get different ratings like 95 or 97 but not all of them 100.

Any way, I was thinking of using Leica enlarger lenses since my Leica lenses work great and are extremely sharp on my cameras, E-P1 and CL, IIIa.

Rodenstock, OK, but how can I judge with out seeing from up close first?

The Focotar is a blind buy.

I have a zeiss enlarger lens that has not got a durst mount on the back. Not sure it is an enlarger lens or a projector lens. I got it from ebay. It is a Tessar 2.8/50 but hasn't got an aperture control ring and the outside rear diameter is about 35 or 34 or 36mm.

Thinking of getting a durst nedopta 25mm for the M301 and enlarge manually the inside 25mm diameter so I can fit the zeiss.

Want to know if it work better than the EL 4/50.

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If your enlargements have less than uniform focus across the print, then be sure the whole unit is aligned properly.

 

In my experience Rodenstock lenses are superior to Focotars.

 

 

 

 

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