Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >