Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am a novice in the darkroom and I am now adicted to hypo. Following is my list of equipment but some of it will change soon thanks to many of you contributing your time and input on the subject. Thanks to everyone. Omega C760Xl Cold Light Head 50mm F2.8 Rodagon 80 mm F2.8 Rodagon 50mm F4 El Nikkor 80mm F2.8 El Nikkor I am seriously looking to upgrade my 6 months old enlarger to a 4x5. I don't know which one to purchase and this time. Thanks, Bob << > >Kip Babington wrote: > > > >> > Maybe we can do a small survey amongst the LUGgers to see how many are actually doing their own printing. > Here is the darkroom collection from about the last dozen years. This has to be a complete list, since my little darkroom won't hold anything more! Focomat V35 with Vario and Color heads, Focotar 40/2.8 and Focometer. Focomat 1c Color with Focotar 50/4.5 (in the garage now, but soon to be revived with a dichro color head). Belfort Instrument Company "EN-52(B-1) 4x5" - looks like an Omega D3 made as an early Simon Brothers government contract - anybody know its history? Schneider Componon 105/5.6 and EL-Nikkor 135/5.6. Jobo CPE-2. Ilford CAP40 Cibachrome processor. Besler PM2M color analyzer that I use with the Bob Mitchell Colorbrator. And my latest addition, get this - a Philadelphia Air Transport Company Model F-213 Film Developer, made in about 1955, brand new in the unopened box. It processes up to 100 feet of 70mm film on a motorized spool winder. And it works great, even on 15 feet of 70mm E-6 chromes that I did about a week ago. Most printing over the last six months has been Ciba/Ilfochrome work, which has been slowly improving to the level of my B&W skills. I owe what I know in B&W to the wonderful Focomat IIc, my faithful workhorse from when I worked in the darkroom of Sweden's largest publishing company 30 years ago. Actually, my real mentor was the darkroom manager, who demanded the best in every print and who knew that the IIc could deliver it. Gary Todoroff >>