Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Please! On 2/7/06, Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote: > I can give you more details should you wish. > > Cheers > On 07/02/2006, at 21:02, Nick Roberts wrote: > > > Thank you, Alastair. I'm in the process of setting up > > a darkroom again after many years of purely digital > > printing - not because I'm not happy with the digital > > process - I am - but just because I want to (I'll > > probably expand on that elsewhere). I can't really > > spare the space for more than one enlarger (although > > they're so cheap s/h these days it's not fincancially > > out of the question), so it's just a case of deciding > > if I want to limit myself to printing from 120 and > > 35mm, both of which I'm reasonably familiar with and > > which cover 90% of my requirements between them, or if > > I want to go the whole hog and get the De Vere. You've > > given me plenty of food for thought! > > > > Nick > > > > --- Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote: > > > >> Well, compared with the V35 it is cumbersome. No > >> Autofocus, the > >> negative holder is OK, but if the neg has a curl at > >> all, its very hard > >> to put it in position (6x6 negs especially). I don't > >> mind the focus > >> mechanism and the height adjustments are fine, the > >> light boxes I have > >> seem good, though the light to illuminate the colour > >> dials is caput. I > >> have an Ilford 500 head for b/w and changing it for > >> the colour is a bit > >> of a fiddle, quite apart from it being soooo heavy. > >> The transformers > >> are large, the colour head has its own timer, but > >> I'd prefer to be able > >> to use my Jobo 7000 to set it off. The Ilford head > >> produces enough heat > >> to melt the poles (not Devere's fault I realize). > >> Changing neg size > >> involves changing the carrier plates, and if you are > >> not careful, you > >> "lose" the top plate when pulling it out (mine is > >> now glass, so I've > >> taped the hole to stop me doing this again) Changing > >> neg sizes requires > >> using differing light boxes - no big deal, but you > >> have to have > >> somewhere to store them. > >> > >> In reality, I enjoy using it and the results are > >> fine, but its not a > >> fast easy solution, and I would not use it for 35mm > >> often. > >> > >> My only comparison was a Durst 6x6 enlarger, which > >> was less "fussy". > >> > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. > > http://www.yahoo.co.uk/blackberry > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >