Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks... everyone. The 609 was before Ken Owen's time, or so he told me a few weeks ago. Dante Bernard Degaute wrote: > >Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:15:45 -0500 > >From: "Dante A. Stella" <dante@umich.edu> > >Subject: [Leica] OT: Any Durst specialists in the house? > >Message-ID: <3A63AED2.8A8531BB@umich.edu> > >References: > > > >I am playing in the darkroom tonight and was wondering if anyone could > >tell me how you open the lamp housing on a Durst 609? There is a knob > >that you can rotate and slide down. The front plate loosens, but it > >never comes off. The front has a diagram that shows "open and close" > >but with no explanation. Ideas? I need to fit a weaker bulb, as I am > >getting 1 second exposures at f/22. > > > >Also, for printing Leica negs, does anyone know what the deepest > >recessed Durst lensboard is? Siriotub does not get the 50mm EL close > >enough... > > > >TIA > >Dante > > Dante, > > I've got a S609. With it I just pull the top of the front plate (about 1") > then gently squeeze two lateral plates and it's off. > The recessed lensboard is called 'Seimar' (3"" long). > > Hope this helps. > > OTOH I don't know if you get Plutonium in your Durst but your neg seem very > light :-) > > Bernard > > bernard.degaute@village.uunet.be