I bought but have not figured out how to pick up yet an 8x10 Elwood Enlarger.
I then bought a 24-case (partly to resell) of 300W PS35 internal frost lamps after reading the Elwood patent (1927) that says they work great.
The 1940-ish manual says they DON'T, & to only use OPAL.
Maybe they didn't have OPAL in 1927, or Elwood liked hot spots back then & thought they looked normal!
So I will probably need to enhance the existing sandblasted glass diffuser that is heavily blasted at the hot spot.
I considered flashed opal glass, but
1) only have an 8x10 piece, and the existing diffuser is 11x11
2) should wait until I actually have the enlarger (!)
So, I'm wondering what kind of light source is in your Beseler?
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