Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/06

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Subject: [Leica] Recommendations for an enlarger
From: michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Mon Feb 6 12:42:00 2006
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Chris Saganich wrote:
> Adam, I fished a Beseler 23C out of someones trash and bought a cold 
> light head and an alignment tool.  Works great.  For less $$ I could 
> have just made a diffusion chamber out of the condenser housing.  I have 
> various 50 mm lenses for 35mm, an 85mm lens for 6x6, and a 105mm lens 
> for 6x9, all Schneider and Rodenstock.  Almost everything I picked up 
> off of ebay for next to nothing.
> 
Yeah, times are great for buying darkroom equipment.
I bought a 4x5 enlarger with componon-s 135 for 50 Euros.
I also bought a 80 componon-s and I only got it when I took the enlarger 
also. I bought a big RC dryer for 50 Euros, used to cost new 20 times more.
For 35mm I use my focomat 1C, also a very capable enlarger and even 
cheaper then the V35. With the 1C you can also use other enlarging 
lenses without losing the autofocus capability.

Cheers,

Michiel Fokkema

In reply to: Message from gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO) ([Leica] Recommendations for an enlarger)
Message from images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Recommendations for an enlarger)
Message from chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich) ([Leica] Recommendations for an enlarger)