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Subject: [Leica] 6x7 Enlarger?
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:26:31 -0700
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Some just posted about a Saunders LPL670 for $600. Good deal?!


On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at 
charter.net>wrote:

> You're looking to get rid of the ZoneVI?
> S.d.
>
>
>
> On Jun 3, 2009, at 7:11 PM, Mike Durling wrote:
>
>  I have a huge but very solid Zone VI 5x7 (inches) enlarger.  It works
>> great but is not exactly portable.  Since I decided that on the rare
>> occasions I would print I wanted to do it in the house rather than the
>> garage I pulled out my little Nikor 6x7 enlarger.  It has a color head but
>> there is a chart with filtration numbers that work well with VC paper.  I
>> had only used it for 35mm but decided to try it with 6x7 and it makes
>> excellent prints up to about 11x14.  Those are often available for a song
>> but the 6x7 carriers are hard to find.  Fortunately there is a replacement
>> of another brand.  I ended up making my own carrier which works well too.
>>
>> Graded paper is pretty easy to come by.  Freestyle carries several.  I've
>> had good luck with Kentmere and Slavich but there are others.
>>
>> Mike D
>>
>> Richard Man wrote:
>>
>>> OK, some of us are de-volving. Yes, I can and do scan 6x7 negatives, but
>>> if
>>> I were to dust off the darkroom, what are some good 6x7 enlargers to look
>>> for?
>>>
>>> Anyone has a spare one in their basement? B&W only of course.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
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