"There is no point in being more obsesive than that"
no one's talking about being more obsessive than that ... just about how to do what you describe. The older Beseler enlargers don't have adjustable alignment on their lens stages.
"There is no point in being more obsesive than that"
no one's talking about being more obsessive than that ... just about how to do what you describe. The older Beseler enlargers don't have adjustable alignment on their lens stages.
There are screws on the back of the focus track that need to be properly adjusted before anything else can be done with any reliability. These are the small screws where springs are also attached behind the focus slide. They can give some minor side to side ajustment and are resonsible for keeping the "slop" out of the focus track. Not too tight or the whole thing will bind and the negative/holder stage will not close properly. Since I don't use the tilt on the lens stage, I made a rather crude but effective "micrometer" style side to side adjustment mechanism for the lens stage. I don't use anything fancy to check alignment on mine. Just the grain focuser. If all 4 corners of an 11X14 are consistently sharp, it's right.
How do I know my beseler 45 has the lens stage adjustment or not? Would Save me I guess 200 bucks to get those lens board. Any help would be much appreciated.
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