I am contemplating purchase of a VC head for my Beseler MC enlarger. Steve Anchell describes several; Beseler dichroic color, Beseler Universal 45S and the Aristo 4500 VC head. I have read here that the Aristo is very good, but one must focus with blue or green light, and that this can be difficult. Also heating and/or cooling may require a Metrolux compensating timer (expensive and tricky to install) Unfortunately Calumet says their new LED head is not available, they don't know when it will be and anyway they have no plans for a model to fit the Beseler. I used a VC head on a Beseler 23, and it seemed ok, also a color head on a small Saunders, and that seemed to work ok. This is a relatively expensive item, and I wonder about the Aristo focusing etc.
I would very much appreciate opinions, ideas etc. Unfortunately it does not seem possible to 'try before I buy'.
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