Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Teresa299@aol.com wrote: > > Hello Luggers, > > Maybe it's the change of season, or perhaps I've just reached the limit on > having to use a communal photo lab where contaminated chemicals, bad (make > that obnoxious) music and shaky enlargers abound...but I'm looking seriously > into setting up my own darkroom w/enlarger. > > I mainly do 35mm (some6x7) and do black and white. From checking out the LUG > digest, it looks like the V35 is a great enlarger if one is willing to just > do 35mm enlargements. > > QUESTION: can folks reccommend dealers for enlargers? offer reasonable > ballpark figures for V35s? (by that meaning enlarger, VC head, 40mm 2.8 lens, > board, instructions). Prices seem to range from crazy ($1,700) to crazy > ($600) and whilst I'm fully capable of checking out the online auction site > that shall remain nameless, I don't always think their prices (or sellers) > are necessarily representative of reality. Hence, the post to Leica users. > > Please feel free to email me off-list with any suggestions/opinions. > > TIA > Kim Omega D2 with coldlight head from Aristo. You can get one for chump change. Both made in the U.S.A. It's the standard of the industry. By now a D5 perhaps which is a little better maybe. It's 4x5 enlarger which is one size bigger than you'll probably need which is said to be the desirable deal. But you never know, I shot 4x5 last week for the first time in years! It's happened to worse people! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html