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Eucharis / Amazon Lily: f=50mm Enlarger Lens Test (5+1)
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:29 am
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:29 am
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Here a few comparison shots under identical shooting conditions, Lumix camera, Xenon Studio flash. All shot at f11 setting, fullsize no cropping, identical processing.

0) Hamamatsu scientific lens 3.5/50mm (no enlarger lens, but very sharp - for reference)


1) Leitz Focotar-2 4.5/50mm


2) Nikon EL-Nikkor 2.8/50mm


3) Komura Komuranon-S 3.5/50mm


4) Agfa Magnolar 2.8/50mm


5) Noname enlarger lens (triplet) 4.5/50mm ($10)


gets quite obvious that lens transmissions must be quite different, as may be seen be the difference in exposure.

Comparison, left to right, top to bottom as shown before:


Last edited by kds315* on Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:58 am; edited 3 times in total


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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:34 am
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Thanks for sharing!
Focotar-2 looks clearly best imho.


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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:54 am
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#2 followed by #4 for me.

I am impressed by how you kept the details and texture on the flower, without the white being blown out...which is just visible in some of the other images. Is it because of the lens or lens plus technique?


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mo wrote:
#2 followed by #4 for me.

I am impressed by how you kept the details and texture on the flower, without the white being blown out...which is just visible in some of the other images. Is it because of the lens or lens plus technique?


Technique and a few years experience shooting flowers I guess ... Wink


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Laughing Cool I am learning...well trying when it comes to white flowers.....Your years of experience show.
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