OT: lenses (Was: Front Panels - PDP8 and PDP 11 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 Mar 2016

Paul - My  darkroom  became a storage  room!

still have the monster 5x7 durst enlarger w/ vacuum easel that I had  since 
the 70s. what a beast!  then I have small  2x3 omega  to  pull  strips of 
negatives though to print.

yea  the digital stuff was a game changer indeed...

I  do not know  about the contax rts lenses fitting new   bodys.. they were 
nice lenses, It would be  good to use them!

Ed#

In a message dated 3/10/2016 12:41:11 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
useddec at gmail.com writes:

I also  don't know if I will ever use my darkroom again, and have Omega D2,
other  enlargers, print washers and dyers, etc that I don't need.

On Thu, Mar  10, 2016 at 1:37 AM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com>  wrote:

...
  Popular or Modern Photography 20 or 30 years ago had
an  article on the 10
 best lens ever made. I think Zeiss made 3 of them,  and they were the only
 company with more than  one.

  I know there are a lot of great optics out there,  but I still love  Zeiss.
...
  I have several Zeiss cameras, binoculars, 
microscopes, etc.

 With everything going digital, and various  health problems, I haven't
 touched my Contax RTSs in years. I was  planning on buying a digital body  to
...
  use my optics, but they never  released one.

 If anyone knows of a good digital body   that will adapt to RTS optics,
 please let me know.

  Paul

 On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:25 PM, Fred Cisin  <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:

  posters!  The   lens was a Goerz Red Dot  Artar
and the  sharpest   flat
   field 
lens

  On Wed, 9 Mar 2016, Rod Smallwood wrote: 
   Thanks,,
    Our cam was fitted with a high grade  Ziess lens that cost a fortune
 even  then,

 Zeiss made a lot of lenses, some  of which were great.
 Goerz made a few of the greatest lenses ever  made.

 For personal use, I'm looking for Leitz  Summicron in all focal lengths,
 and Nikkor 105mm that was made in  mid 1960s.
 And, if I can ever get a 4x5 digital back, I want a  Goerz Dagor.
 All out of my price  range.