Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Da glow
From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:24:57 -0400
References: <B61B2841.84C8%howard.390@osu.edu> <39F5EF21.A0978DC4@rabiner.cncoffice.com>

Mark-
I dunno, Dude! My old VALOYs from the 30's seem to have a condenser in
there!
Dan
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Da glow


> 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
>

In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> ([Leica] Da glow)
Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Da glow)