Enlarger Lens coverage

[maltfalc]

might be easier at this point to remove the enlarger head and mount your camera in it's place with a diy light source and film holder on top.

[Mark Kononczuk]

might be easier at this point to remove the enlarger head and mount your camera in it's place with a diy light source and film holder on top.

Good idea but my camera is huge compared to the enlarger. 😁

[Mark Kononczuk]

Is there an easy way to make a DIY lightsource? I have read loads of complicated stuff about overheating LEDs, but What about just a lightbulb in a Black box? My old Meopta Magnifax 4 just had a halogen and a diffusor and it made cracking prints.

[Len Middleton]

BTW, your enlarger looks to be a condenser enlarger, so the question is whether the condensers match the lenses you are using?

[Mal Paso]

Is there an easy way to make a DIY lightsource? I have read loads of complicated stuff about overheating LEDs, but What about just a lightbulb in a Black box? My old Meopta Magnifax 4 just had a halogen and a diffusor and it made cracking prints.

I have a LED light source posted in "Converting 5x7 Head to LED Technology?" in this section.

The 300mm Componon S should cover 9.5x. Smaller enlargements will have a larger lens image circle.

I used a 150mm Componon for 4X5 most of my life. It turns out the 135mm does just as well and most (Schneider, Rodenstock, Nikkor) are corrected for bigger enlargements than the 150mm.

[ic-racer]

BTW, your enlarger looks to be a condenser enlarger, so the question is whether the condensers match the lenses you are using?

Good point. I see the condenser chart is printed on the condenser head. According to that it should accommodate all the lenses pictured by the OP.

[xkaes]

One option MIGHT be a horizontal enlarger using the camera -- not the first time that has ever happened.

[Duolab123]

Contact prints

[Mark Kononczuk]

BTW, your enlarger looks to be a condenser enlarger, so the question is whether the condensers match the lenses you are using?

I think that my 5x7 enlarger's condensors are too small for 9 1/2" negative.
I will try the cold light head that came with the enlarger, but it is very old so i can't see it working long.

[Mark Kononczuk]

One option MIGHT be a horizontal enlarger using the camera -- not the first time that has ever happened.

What light source would you use for that?