Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Howard wrote: > > Diffusion enlargers for 'da glow'? I thought that diffusion enlargers were > a relatively recent advent and that all the old stuff was done on condenser > enlargers? > > M. > I had thought that Diffusion came first and Collimation was some big new thing in the 50's which became the Standard. And that this time round Diffusion was making a comeback with the aid of florescent grid sources, cold lights. But I'd love to hear an authoritative history on enlargers and their heads not in that order. I remember reading in Westons daybooks about his enlarger sucking sunlight from a hole in the wall. I've LOVE a setup like THAT! mark rabiner