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Response to Recommendations for Enlargers and Lenses

from Pat Raymore (patrick.f.raymore@kp.org)
Hi Raid, For a full explanation of the problems between enlarging lenses, longitudinal chromatic aberrations (LCA) and variable contrast papers I recommend the book "Post exposure" by Ctein. It is an excellent book for advanced Darkroom workers and the only modern source I know that has extensive testing and commentary on darkroom enlarging lenses. Ctein has a Web site.

By the way, Ctein was not the 1st to realize the difficulty LCA causes with variable contrast papers. Concerns were raised by Arthur Cox in his book Optics: The Technique of Definition as far back as 1950-60. Look into it, you will find it very interesting.

(posted 8737 days ago)

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