[Leica] V35 setup

["Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@istar.ca>]

Mary:

First measure the height of your easel.  Set the upright column to that
height using the scale and the crank knob on the top of the upright.  Be
sure to loosen the clamping knob where the upright attaches to the base.
Put a negative in the carrier and loosen the set screw on the focus collar.
 Focus the lens by turning it.  Once it is in focus, tighten the set screw.
 Try moving the head from smallish prints to large ones.  See if it stays
in focus.  If it does not, adjust the column height slightly intil it does.
 Even a properly adjusted V35 may not keep it in perfect focus when going
from say 4X5 to 11X14 prints.  It is always a good idea to check focus with
a grain focuser.

I think what most people miss about the V35 compared to a non autofocus
enlarger is that when you change the image size, it keeps it relatively in
focus so that focusing it does not change the size again.  With a
traditional enlarger you move the head to a crop you think is close and
when you focus it, the crop changes because the image size changes.  If you
have a slide projector, you can see this effect.  Frame an image on the
screen, and when you focus it, the size can change so that it does not fit
the size of the screen.

Regards,

Robert



At 11:20 AM 1/15/99 -0500, you wrote:
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>Hi Tony,
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>Please do tell how you got your V35 PERFECTLY SET!  I'm still having a 
>problem with mine and have to adjust for each print.
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>Thanks in advance,
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>Mary
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>Tony Rowlett wrote:
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>>Tonight I made several fairly successful 8x10s (actually full frame 6x9
>>on 8x10 paper) prints on Ilford Multigrade IV Fiber using my trusty old
>>V35 that I finally got that auto focus PERFECTLY SET! 
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