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Thanks Paul, Pete, Neil, Bruce and David. I'm just being as thrifty

as I can and want one lens to do it all :)

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I want to get into large format but I do also need an enlarger. So,

apparently I can get along with a single enlarger lens.

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Also, I primarily want make negative copies of medium format and 35mm

for safe keeping and special effects.

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Would you recommend instead I get a 'normal' large format lens and

use it as an enlarging lens? Field curvature won't bother me to much

at this point, unless its severe. I have several enlargments I did

from 35mm at a school lab and the corners are not in any way sharp

and I do like the prints.

Is it pointless to load a Schneider Componon S. 210mm backwards on a 8 x 10 camera? I recall this was done in a magazine, but I cannot remember which. It was a few years ago.

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How does it compare with a 'normal' lens.

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I ask because using a normal lens as an enlarging lens is a bad idea because of field curvature. But what about this the inverse?