Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a Versalab Parallel and love it. It costs $170, much less than the Zigalign, and is more flexible. It is accurate within tolerances closer than those to which you can keep your enlarger. For instance, I can set the enlarger up perfectly (it takes minutes to use), but when I change lens boards, or extend the bellows (Saunders LPL) the enlarger may then be out of parallel a little bit. But it is easy to check and correct. Mark Rabiner loves the Zigalign, which says a lot for it. It does seem elegant, but honestly I could not decipher how to use it by reading their website, so thought that it may well be over-engineered. And expensive. John Bicht, who runs Versalab, built the Versa turntable, one of the most accurate ever for even the most fastitious audiophile. If the Parallel is accurate enough for him, it is for me. Jesse - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html