Makro Symmar for enlarging? or nooot?

ruilourosa · Mar 1, 2019

Hello

I just bought a makro-symmar 80 5,6 in a industrial mount, i bought it for the macro ability and for slide duping and dslr scanning.

I have other 80mm´s nikkor and rodenstock, it´s not a major need... but i wonder how does it behaves in enlarging work...

i already enlarge with a g-claron on 8x10... with good results... so...

Does anyone tryed this?

thanks!!!

AgX · Mar 1, 2019

It all is a matter of scale, not of oriention of light.

For most LF lenses the usable scale is stated.
I only know one Macro Symmar series and for that the scale range is given as 1/1-1/2 for 2-D work, for pictorial work as up to 1/4.

Ian Grant · Mar 1, 2019

Probably it would be fine, remember that at one time Schneider sold their Componon (& S) lenses for Macro work and shutter mounted them.

Ian

ruilourosa · Mar 3, 2019

i wonder if it´s as good as my apo componon hm 40mm...

ic-racer · Mar 3, 2019

ruilourosa said:
i wonder if it´s as good as my apo componon hm 40mm...

Let us know. My ApoComponon HM 45 is too short to use on either my 8x10 or 4x5 enlargers, so it almost never gets used. I use various 80mm lenses for 35mm enlargements. If you compare the 80 Macro to your 40HM watch the grain as you stop down. I suspect the only difference between the two will be dependent on the aperture you select (diffraction).

locutus · Mar 3, 2019

That might potentially be a very nice lens for macro work on 5x4 (wait, thats not a surprise).. Need to keep an eye open for industrial mount lenses i suppose.

In what thread is your copy?

DREW WILEY · Mar 3, 2019

I'd guess "OK". G-Claron works better than some of the old Componon enlarging lenses, but nowhere near as good as a premium modern Apo enlarging lens. The very best corrected enlarging lenses I own are Apo Nikkors (not EL Nikkors); but they're about a stop slower than official enlarging lenses of comparable focal length.

ruilourosa · Mar 5, 2019

I have not received it yet, but it is in a V-mount… but easely adaptable with a ring to m42...

i have to buy a m42 lapla for my dursts… or drill it… to check the enlarging competence…

cheers!!!

apo nikkors are very good indeed, as i already checked, but also very expensive…. they are also very good in 1:1 macro work… that´s what brings us here… the makro symmar is a very good macro lens, so, it can be a very good enlarging lens…. i wonder about field flatness… i also wonder about other things… i willl test it in the future..

ruilourosa · Mar 5, 2019

premium modern apo´s are not really contemporary regarding purpose made enlarging lenses… probably around 20 years old, for the newest designs….

DREW WILEY · Mar 6, 2019

Apo Nikkors are abundant and cheap. They weren't cheap new (at least the better dialyte style). But the shortest focal length was 180 I think. Don't confuse these with the Apo El Nikkor, which went down to 105mm and are still hyper-expensive if you can even find one. Their ordinary enlarging lenses were EL Nikkors (without any Apo designation).

ruilourosa · Mar 11, 2019

The longer apo-nikkors are nice... i have one for wet plate and is crisp, but for dslr scanning they are a bit on the long side...

printing nikkors and apo-el´s are more usable but the prices are crazy...

Thanks

Makro Symmar for enlarging? or nooot?

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