Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Diego, I'm glad that you have spoken up, and hope you will add many more observations in the future. I've read about the Multigraph, and it sounds marvelous. However, I think that I can get to a working print in less than--or about--five minutes useing a 1959 Omega D2 with no timer (I use a metronome). I can generally look at my negatives and gestimate well enough to get a test strip. Then it's a simple step to a working print. I have spent a lot of time in the darkroom, and would love to have a fancy enlarger, but for the present there are other lens and gadgets that I will get first. Cheers, Joe Stephenson >Now, in 15 seconds, with the probe connected with the meter and the timer, >I know exactly the time (in 1/10 of second) and the paper's grade (from 00 >to 5, by tenth); in 5 minutes I have a correct print to work on. If I wont >to enlighten or to darken the picture, I can modify the exposure time in >seconds or in percentage; the same with the grade. I can use all the >current variable contrast papers (Ilford, Tetenal, Agfa , Kodak, Oriental, >etc.), each one with its own setting for the filter. The head has an >internal probe that verify in real time the quantity of light, so modifying >the exposure time consequently (if the lamp is cold, or old, it is slower, >then the exposure time is automatically prolonged): you can be sure to >obtain always pictures with the same exposure. > >Anybody who is serious about darkroom, has to give Multigraph a try: it is >not cheap (in Italy I think it costs like an M6), but you will never regret >to have bought it. > >More informations (in English or in German) on Durst Web site: >www.durst.it. > >Alla prossima > >Diego Rigatti > > > > > >