Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, The anti-Newton glass pressure plate for the type "N" condenser purchased new from Leica is provided with a compensatory spacer ring that is placed internally in the condenser bore to raise the condenser an appropriate amount to allow easy insertion and removal of negatives. Also, the 1C has two holes in the column and a pin to position the enlarger head assembly the appropriate distance from the baseboard. The upper hole is for easels of 25mm in height (the standard Leitz 8 X 10 easel height) and the lower hole is for printing on the baseboard without an easel. Also, the use of the older Focotar lenses, the ones with the writing on the front of the aperture ring, on later Focomat 1C enlargers require a 5mm ring on the column between the column pin and the enlarger head assembly. The ring is available from Leica.