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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Darkroom / January 2005g-claron 9/240 for enlarging?
I have the opportunity to get a G-Claron 9/240 at a very reasonable price. I was thinking of using it for enlarging. Bad idea? Currently I use a Componon 150mm and it's adequate, but not stunning. > I have the opportunity to get a G-Claron 9/240 at a very reasonable price. I > was thinking of using it for enlarging. Bad idea? Currently I use a Componon > 150mm and it's adequate, but not stunning. It should be a good lens for enlarging. But will it fit your enlarger? 1.) Be sure the rear element is small enough to go into the enlarger. 2.) Be sure your bellows are long enough to focus at the reproduction ratios you will be employing. 3.) Be sure your enlarger head will go up far enough to get the image sizes you want.  Signature.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642. /V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939. /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org ^^-^^ 22:00:00 up 5 days, 11:19, 3 users, load average: 4.19, 4.20, 4.11 > It should be a good lens for enlarging. But will it fit your enlarger? Ach. You are right. I don't have enough bellows draw. >> It should be a good lens for enlarging. But will it fit your enlarger? > >Ach. You are right. I don't have enough bellows draw. Yeah that's what she said ! Regards, John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org Please remove the "_" when replying via email > I have the opportunity to get a G-Claron 9/240 at a very reasonable price. I > was thinking of using it for enlarging. Bad idea? Currently I use a Componon > 150mm and it's adequate, but not stunning. Get it for the camera. It'll cover 8x10 with movements. Screws straight into a #1 shutter. On the enlarger do you have enough bellows? It's also a stop slower then your current lens. If the price is right. Buy it. Try it. If you don't like it then you can flip it easy enough. Nick > If the price is right. Buy it. Try it. If you don't like it then you > can flip it easy enough. Good idea. It is in a shutter that use two cable releases: one for focusing and the other to expose. No cocking lever. Very clean. $150. I might put it on the 8x10 to help sell it. >Good idea. It is in a shutter that use two cable releases: one for focusing >and the other to expose. No cocking lever. Very clean. $150. I might put it >on the 8x10 to help sell it. $150 is a steel. I have this lens and it's very good. I haven't used it for enlarging though. Got it on my 4X5 at first and now it's on my 5X7 Linhof. Regards, John S. Douglas, Photographer - http://www.puresilver.org Please remove the "_" when replying via email > I have the opportunity to get a G-Claron 9/240 at a very reasonable price. I > was thinking of using it for enlarging. Bad idea? Currently I use a Componon > 150mm and it's adequate, but not stunning. Look for the 150mm G-Claron, instead. > "jjs" jjs@nospam.net >I have the opportunity to get a G-Claron 9/240 at a very reasonable price. I >was thinking of using it for enlarging. Bad idea? Currently I use a Componon >150mm and it's adequate, but not stunning. You will need long arms for focusing. I assume you're enlarging 4x5 film if you're using a 150mm Componon. If you went to a 240mm lens the maximum size of your enlargements would significantly decrease. On my Beseler 45 I have a max of about 37 inches between the negative and baseboard. I could get a magnification of 37/6(=150mm)-1=5.16x enlargement with a 6" lens. With a 240mnm lens I could only get 37/9.5(=240mm)-1=2.9x enlargement, or a bit more than half as much enlargement as with the 150mm lens. You can always go to an enlarger table with adjustable baseboard height to make up for the difference, but I thought you should know. |
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