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PZO janpol color 80/5.6 enlarger M42
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 12:35 pm    Post subject: PZO janpol color 80/5.6 enlarger M42 Reply with quote

song-gran day 13 April 2013
PZO janpol color 80/5.6 enlarger M42















PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pretty futuristic look I always would try to this extra look lens, now don't need any more Smile I have mixed feeling , some excellent some less. What is your impression ?


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Things like that are always amazing to me, weird looking lens from Poland in Thailand Smile


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This one looks futuristic because it is enlarger lens with built in color correction (quite unique property in the world of enlarging lenses). Looking at series I see that proper lens hood is a must.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pavko wrote:
This one looks futuristic because it is enlarger lens with built in color correction (quite unique property in the world of enlarging lenses). Looking at series I see that proper lens hood is a must.



The Vega-22UC has this feature too :

http://forum.mflenses.com/vega-22uc-103mm-5-6-t57339,highlight,%2Bv%E9ga+%2B2.html

But I didn't have time to test it yet properly Confused


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So, what do the knobs do?


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ray Parkhurst wrote:
So, what do the knobs do?


My question also.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ray Parkhurst wrote:
So, what do the knobs do?


My question also.


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nearly bought this lens a while ago.
Except lowish contrast (which might be imroved a lot with a tight hood) and cold colors it looks good imho.
It might get really crispy with a good hood.
uddhava wrote:
Ray Parkhurst wrote:
So, what do the knobs do?


My question also.

Color correction!" Smile
Lens is made for color negative enlargements.


Last edited by ForenSeil on Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:50 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

uddhava wrote:
Ray Parkhurst wrote:
So, what do the knobs do?


My question also.


Just to add to ForenSeil’s post, the text below is my rough translation of the relevant article on Polish Wiki about this lens:

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Janpol Color is an enlarger lens with built-in filters for color correction, manufactured by Warszawskie Zakłady Foto-Optyczne [Warsaw Photo-Optical Works – WZFO] in the mid 1960s.

It’s a Tessar-type, four element optical design that enables a good correction of chromatic aberration.

The first production run of these lenses were marketed under the name Jantar Color. It was manufactured in two versions – 55mm and 80mm, both with brightness of f5.6, closing down to f16.

Its patent-protected innovative technical solution (Polish patent No. 42618) consisted in placing inside the lens two mobile color filters which [could be regulated] by means of two dials with a percentage scale on either side of the lens. The scales were lit by means of rigid retractable optical conduit made of Plexiglas. The two dials shifted two frame assemblies with glass filters of relevant colors, causing the light of the enlarger to become colored at the lens’ focal point.

Source: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janpol_Color


PostPosted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

M42 for enlarger
use for M42 adapter cano not use minimal to infinity
it have adjust helicoid 12-17mm before
if to nearest,use for tube set