This will seem like a stupid question, but I have no manual to consult and no li ve body to ask. I throw myself on your patient mercy. I recently tried using the aforementioned enlarger in a community darkroom and couldn't manage to focus it. The lense is a 135 mm componon, and while I could c ome tantalisingly close to getting the image in sharp focus (a 4x5 neg) I would always ran out of room with the fine focus adjustment. (the twin rails holding t he lens assembly hit thier stops.) There seems to be more bellows extension, which is what I need to get the image in focus, and it looks like the carriage that holds the lens can move up and do wn on a second calibrated track that would allow more extension--I just can't fi gure out how to release it. There is a big black lever (pointing down) behind th e lense board assembly that doesn't seem to do anything. It does look like it mi ght be related to the solution though... What to do? Have I put the negative carrier in wrong or something? Is there a r elease method for the lense board that will give me more extension? I like the c ontact print I managed to make, but the world of enlargement beckons!
Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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