On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 12:16:18 -0500, "Michael A. Covington" wrote:

>Right. To my considerable surprise, a Kodak *zoom* lens that I got with a
>flea-market projector recently is considerably sharper than either the
>flat-field or the curved-field 100-mm Ektanar.

This zoom projection lens has surprised me more than once...! ;-)
In a side-by-side with a 90mm Leitz Colorplan and Singer-based
Leitz projector vs. the Kodak with the zoom, we were hard put to
see any significant difference... I now use a Schneider 60mm
f2.8 PC lens, which I like (excepting condenser mis-match
problems...), and a Schneider AV-Cinelux (100mm or so) was
a bit better than the zoom, but for cheap-and-easy, the Kodak
zoom is remarkably good...;-)