Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course when you print with your focomat, you are eligible for FOM2 ;-) OK, but I intend to keep nagging all you slow coaches: keep those submissions coming in ;-) On 27/09/2005, at 12:48 PM, M. R. wrote: > Hi there-- > I just inherited (from a friend's father) an old Leitz Focomat IC--it > looks > to be in beautiful condition, if a bit dusty due to 20+ years of > disuse. > Some very specific questions I couldn't necessarily find the answers > to on > the list (which might have more to do with my search skills than > anything > else): > 1) The lens that came with it, an "Elmar 5cm 1:3.5", is hazy and > scratched, > so will need to be replaced. It also has one section with the letters > DOOGS > and one with the letters DOORX. Assuming at least one of these might > be an > extention tube, which one do I save to use to adapt a replacement 50mm > lens > to the enlarger? And how do I get it off--do they screw off, or do I > need to > loosen tiny screws on the sides of the barrel, or need a spanner > wrench, > etc.? Also, I lack the budget right now to replace the lens with a > Focotar, > so what "modern" 50mm lens would complement this enlarger best? > 2) The screw-on anti-newton glass plate (that presses against the > neg) is > included--how best to clean this, and with what? > 3) Shockingly, the original bulb in the head still works! What do I > replace > it with when it finally goes? > 4) and finally....does anyone have a manual for this? I found one > scanned > and posted as a pdf online, but some of the scanned pages only download > partway. > Thanks so much! This is my first Leica ANYTHING (I didn't realize > what I > had a hold of until I googled it!) so I feel very much out of my > depth--I > have only ever used Omegas and Beseler enlargers. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair