schneider xenon enlarger lenses

davido

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• Mar 8, 2007

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hello

Is the xenon line of schneider lenses even worth looking at? I can't find any info on these lenses. I'm considering the 35mm lens for printing 16x20.

cheers
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• Mar 12, 2007

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Are you sure they are enlarging lenses? All Xenons I've seen have been camera lenses. Try searching the german Schneider site which has more historical info than the US version :

http://www.schneider-kreuznach.com/archiv/archiv.htm

Also, the www.schneideroptics.de site is available in english.

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• Mar 12, 2007

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David, Sounds to me like you will probably want a Schneider enlarging lens (maybe a Wide Angle Componon)?

My Schneider Xenon lenses are all camera lenses.

 

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• Mar 14, 2007

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thanks Tom & Henrik

I couldn't find any info on Xenon enlarger lenses either. However, this is the lens I found on Ebay: I tried hyperlinking to Ebay page but no luck. Anyway, click on this small pic and you can see that it's a Xenon enlarger lens. Perhaps, these were originally not sold in N. America?
I passed on the auction realizing that the thread mount was not the right size. But with the schneider name, these must be decent lenses?

thanks
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• Mar 14, 2007

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davido said:

thanks Tom & Henrik

I couldn't find any info on Xenon enlarger lenses either. However, this is the lens I found on Ebay:View attachment 7164 I tried hyperlinking to Ebay page but no luck. Anyway, click on this small pic and you can see that it's a Xenon enlarger lens. Perhaps, these were originally not sold in N. America?
I passed on the auction realizing that the thread mount was not the right size. But with the schneider name, these must be decent lenses?

thanks
david

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David, the Xenon you found is probably a good lens but it may not be suitable for enlarging 35mm originals.

Take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Kreuznach

 

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• Mar 15, 2007

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This is almost certainly a c-mount lens for video cameras. I sincerely doubt that it will cover a 35 mm frame for anything other than very small prints, and not well even then.

They make good loupes though.