Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter - yes, my 1C is gray hammertone with filter drawer, too. Very handsome. I also had a Melnick custom color head made for it that fits both it and an old Omega 4x5 that I no longer have. The custom head puts out a lot of light (halogen bulb) and makes for an easy to use variable contrast adjustment. There is certainly nothing wrong with the V35, I just liked the 1C better after extensively using both. The darkroom has been our "kitchen" during some upstairsf remodeling, and I'm looking forward to setting up the 1C again and burning up some of the reams of paper still in the freezer! P.S. Are you the Peter that hosted the mini-LUG/LHSA meeting in SF seven or eight years ago, somewhere south of the city at the restaurant by the last station of the train line? Great memories . . . Gary Todoroff www.northcoastphotos.com At 11:47 PM 12/08/06, you wrote: >Hi Gary, > >If your IC is the gray hammertone one with the filter >drawer in the lamphead, then I have the same model >(which Tom A helped me re-assemble and set up). With >the Focotar II lens it's everything I could ask for in >a 35mm black and white enlarger. > >rgds >Peter. >SF, CA > >--- Gary Todoroff <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com> >wrote: > > > I used the V35 for about two years, sold it and went > > back to my 1C. > > Although the variable contrast head was very handy, > > I just liked > > better how the 1C handled and always kept precise > > auto-focus. I never > > quite trusted the V35 on autofocus and found it > > difficult to adjust > > for that. My 1C is the last model made with the > > white Formica > > baseboard and the extra tall column - very elegant > > and sturdy. > > > > I sold my Omega D5500 with computer color head, > > motorized everything, > > turret with three lenses, foot switch, etc, etc a > > year ago for a > > whopping $350 on eBay (about $10,000 altogether on > > the retail price > > list). Took me most of a day just to package it for > > shipping! My all > > time favorite was the Leica 2C, my daily companion > > as a darkroom > > printer in Stockholm many years ago - I wrote up > > that story for the > > LHSA Viewfinder and posted it at > > http://northcoastphotos.com/article1.html > > > > Gary Todoroff > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > > more information > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information