The Enlarging Lens

US Camera magazine had this article in their October 1967 issue.

 

 

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It just so happened that Camera 35 magazine had this test of enlarging lenses in their issue.

 

 

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Camera 35 also had a test report on the Olympus Pen FT camera. They have a nice cut-away diagram showing the inner workings.

 

 

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Here they take a look at Kodak's AF Carousel 850 projector.

 

 

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Here are their tests of Minolta's telephoto lenses.

 

 

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How did Kodak's Type 5251 color negative film do in a test vs Kodacolor X or Ektacolor S?

 

 

From Modern Photography we have this 1967 lens list.

 

 

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Here is the Behind the Scenes column.

 

 

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Let's assume you like Herbert Keppler's monthly column.

 

Now assume you also like mirror telephoto lenses.

 

This might be your all-time favorite column.

 

 

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Here is this month's Technique Tomorrow column. Outer space is a hostile environment for camera equipment.

 

 

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Here is the Too Hot to Handle column.

 

 

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Here are this month's Modern Tests.

 

 

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Here are this month's camera equipment ads.

 

 

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Here are this month's dealer ads.

 

 

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This might be your all-time favorite column

 

Well, not quite THE favorite, but one of them.

 

Thanks.

I thought you might like it. When I get my website up Keppler's columns will have their own page.

Another nice post, Marc, thanks! The Keppler column on through-the-lens metering versus mirror lenses is interesting; I have used a 500/8 mirror with my Pentaxes but never found this effect.

 

Nice to see a brief review of the Minolta Himatic-7 and 9. Nikon could already afford large ads of the FT, and even of used Fs....

I've never had that problem with mirror lens metering either. But I think with the Minolta SRT that I used the most, the lower weighting due to CLC metering might keep this effect from showing up.

Thanks, Marc, the usual great assortment. The article on enlarging lenses brought on a bout of nostalgia..(Sigh...) Just what does one do with a bunch of fine enlarging lenses?

With a bunch of enlarging lenses you could adapt one to bellows and have a good lens for macro work.

If you have a small metal lathe, you can adapt almost anything to anything else. I like one of the early (small style) Schneider short focal length enlarging lenses reverse mounted on a bellows. I doubt a commercial adapter has ever been made to do that!

 

I know there was a Computar enlarging lens that Ctein thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Never stumbled across one to try.

My first true macro range shots (in my college days) were when I taped an Omega 75mm f3.5 enlarging lens to a telescope adapter that via T-ring was mounted on my Minolta SRT 201. Got a nice macro shot of a bumblebee on a flower as I recall. Focus achieved by moving in until image was sharp.