Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The guy is offering throwing in the kitchen sink: 2 lens (105 and 50), trays, washer, the whole shebang!! Makes it tempting. Too bad my M605 only does 6x6. I didn't think I'd do 6x7 a few years ago... On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I use an Omega B8. It will also do 6x9. > >That's what I used back when I did wet printing. It is a great enlarger. > > I can vouch for that, absolutely. I can also confirm that if > carefully disassembled and shipped, the Omegas reassemble at the other > end easily and retain their regidity and alignment (this is not always > the case for all enlargers). This place: > http://www.classic-enlargers.com/ is a great resource for them. > > I second Slobodan's comments both about most Beseler 23s needing a > rebuild and about the Saunders/LPL enlargers seeming flat-ish. Most > of my 'grade 3' 35mm negs need grade 3.5-4 on an LPL, leaving you > little room to go up in case of an accidentally flat neg. > > I'd imagine you could easily get something for much less than you > indicate the Saunders/LPL is going for, particularly living in the US. > > Durst M70s are tremendous and Dante's suggestion of a 605 is also very > good. Make sure you get your neg carriers with your enlarger unless > you already have a source with parts - they are increasingly hard to > find for out-of-production machines (e.g. *all* Dursts). > > A VC or colour head is unnecessary but nice. Below the lens gel VC > filters work just fine and you can dodge with them, providing a useful > amount of local contrast control. If you keep them clean and dry they > will not degrade image quality. > > Big prints from good 6x7 negs are a joy to behold and carefully made > Acros, TMX and Delta 100 negs can have you fooling your friends you > have gone seriously big with large format. Send us the invite to the > show. > > Marty > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com