Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a Durst M670 black and white which is ok and can be had for reasonable money s/h or the Durst Modular 70, if you buy an enlarger with a condenser head be sure to get one with a complete set of condensers, the 6x6 condenser for the Durst is available new for 200USD+ in the UK almost as much as I paid for the enlarger! The Meopta range have been recommended to me, but I wasn't overimpressed with the build quality and I'm not sure of availability in the states. My ideal would be a IIC, none of the above are in the same league, or a floor mounted 4x5! Jason Hall - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feliciano di Giorgio" <feli@d2.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 6:51 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] ?: 35mm/MF enlarger recommendation > I have a Saunders/LPL 6700 with a color head. Nicely made piece of gear, > which you can find new for around $500. It will handle sizes up to 6x7. > I wish the stalk was a little heavier. I sometimes experience a tiny little > "lift" when I focus, but otherwise it's a very well made, compact unit. > It uses a diffuse lightsource, which supposedly is somewhere inbetween a > condenser head and a cold lightsource. > > I also have a OMEGA D2 which will have to be pryed out of my cold dead hands. > Built like the rock of Gibraltar, no wobble, nothing. It's also almost twice > the bulk of the Saunders and you'll need different condenser lenses for the > various film sizes. It will handle 35mm, all med. format and 4x5. One of the > all time classic enlargers. > > I also like the Besseler. Very well made, nice old world design. > > > > feli > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- > Max: Here Franz, take the money- go out and buy bullets and shoot all > the actors, they're the ones ridiculing your beloved Fuehrer... > Leo: What!? You can't do that, you can't shoot the actors, > they're not animals! > Max: They're not?!? Have you ever eaten with one??? > -Zero Mostel/"The Producers", 1968 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----- > Feli di Giorgio * feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN VISUAL EFFECTS > >