Re: [Leica] OT Zenit Portable Enlargers

["E. van Ginkel" <E.vGinkel@inter.NL.net>]

As far as I can recollect the enlarger was tested in the 70's together with
other amateur enlargers by a consumer-organisation overhere in the
Netherlands. The russian enlarger didn't get any point because it was
electrical unsafe and therefor dangerous to use. So be careful with them.
Electric current can en will kill you especially in wet environments like
bathrooms. The enlarger came normally with a industar lens like the cheap
zorki's. It sucks as an enlarger lens.

René

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Zenit Portable Enlargers


> Greg:
>
> I had one as a teenager.  It folded into a suitcase and was auto focus.  I
> think it just took leica thread mount lenses.  Mine came with a Russian
> 50mm lens.  I don't remember it doing enlargements much larger than 11x14.
>
> If you have to travel with an enlarger, it would be a neat one to have
> mounted with a better lens.  It would be good too if you have to use a
> bathroom at home for a darkroom, as it can fold up into its case for
storage.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
> At 04:12 PM 2/23/2002 -0700, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote:
> >Are any of our resident photography historians knowledgeable regarding
the
> >history and quality of the Zenit Portable Enlarger?
> >
> >Assuming the viability of actually using one of these in the field
> >(something actually "Made in the USSR"). Are they common? Take standard
> >lenses? What do they sell for?
> >
> >Black and White, night and day, Leica and Zenit?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Greg
> >
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