Oh yeah? Has there been a merger? I think not.

RobC · Sep 24, 2015

I do wonder whether any of these online shops have a clue what they are selling

http://tinyurl.com/qxf32de

mike c · Sep 24, 2015

Maybe this lens has the best (or worst)features of both manufacturers.

RobC · Sep 24, 2015

mike c said:
Maybe this lens has the best (or worst)features of both manufacturers.

But how do you know which you'll get if you order it?

Sirius Glass · Sep 24, 2015

There is no requirement to pass an intelligence test before posting items for sale on eBay.

mike c · Sep 24, 2015

RobC said:
But how do you know which you'll get if you order it?

Guess I won't be able to tell as he does not deliver to U.S.

gone · Sep 25, 2015

eBay???

Ronald Moravec · Sep 25, 2015

This lens exists and is a very fine lens. I have had one for years.

Like every other WA enlarging lens I have, best used on a diffusion enlarger. Can not explain why, just believe me

AgX · Sep 25, 2015

If you have it, it sure is a collectors item, for the shelf not for the darkroom.

Have another look...

gzinsel · Sep 25, 2015

o.k. its voodoo........ today you might get the "look" of Schneider, but maybe not, you might get the "look" of Rodenstock. if a lens could do that, . . . . thats pretty cool, OR both "looks" at the same time. Something, something , WOW

but seriously, I am sure at some point in the past rodenstock and Schneider must have collaborated on something? huh??? I am only guessing though. Maybe its after market fake stuff, like those fake leicas that came out awhile back?????? I don't know. . . .. . .

BobMarvin · Sep 25, 2015

"Like every other WA enlarging lens I have, best used on a diffusion enlarger" Maybe, but my 60 mm WA Componon works fine on my condenser Omega B8, with the supplementary condenser intended for a 75 mm lens. It allows me to make 16 X 20 prints on the baseboard–even 20 X 24s, if I had room for the trays in my tiny darkroom. BTW, my enlarger was advertised as a Beseler B8 on NY Craigslist. Another merger?

gzinsel · Sep 25, 2015

ya, o/k/ if you would see the photo of said enlarger lens, you will see Schneider, However he describes as Radagon . . . . That's Rodenstock. so this has all been tongue and cheek!!!!!!!!!! It's obvious the poor chap who wrote the item listing confused "himself". . . . .. showed one brand, while describing another. So we were all amused at the thought of the "silent" merger. it's the merger that took place yet no one be heard of it!!!! ( its tongue and cheek)????

BobMarvin · Sep 25, 2015

BTW, I just looked up this lens on the B&H website where the price is just slightly more than HALF what this eBay dealer is asking. CAVIAT EMPTOR!

gzinsel · Sep 25, 2015

which one the rodenstock or the schneider?????? you gotta look at the photo to get the joke!!! are you people not looking at the photo??? AND reading the description?????

BobMarvin · Sep 26, 2015

My mistake–the B&H price is for the Rodenstock rather than the Schneider. As an aside, I can't imagine why ANYONE would buy a new enlarging lens these days when they go for 1/10th the price used. I paid $60 for my WA Componon a couple of years ago.

Oh yeah? Has there been a merger? I think not.

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