Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adrian Tanovic@GRN 02/04/97 02:44 PM >From: Bill Welch <Bill.Welch@Pressroom.com> >Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 23:09:32 -0800 >Subject: Re: Kodak/Ilford consistency; V35 > >The beauty of the black-and-white VC heads, such as >Saunders makes for its line, is that the exposure compensation >is built in. Perhaps there is a module for your enlarger that does > that. > >For black and white work, I usually use a Leitz Focomat Ic Hi Bill; There were many different varieties of the 1c, which one are you using? Am I right in believing it would have come with either the 50mm Elmar 3.5 or one of two variants of the 50mm Focotar 4.5? By the way, there is a VC head for the V35 that does what you describe---i.e. provide variable contrast filtration with built-in exposure compensation---and is moreover calibrated to the Ilford Multigrade system. I normally print Oriental Seagull VC (also on the Ilford standard) using it, with no particular problems other than the usual self-inflicted kind. Using Kodak papers with the head requires some additional exposure adjustment on the softer settings. I've never tried to use the dichro colour head for B+W printing, so I can't comment on that, but Seck's 'Leica Darkroom Practice' seems to contain a pretty good exposition if one were so inclined. Adrian Tanovic Tokyo