I recently aquired an Elwood 8x10 enlarger off of eBay (quite the beast, although not as large as I was fearing), and have some questions for those of you out there who already have this enlarger:
1) It didn't come with a bulb. Can I just put a normal bulb of some sort in there, or is there some special bulb that I need? Also, I was thinking of putting a daylight balanced floresent bulb in the socket (since this would produce minimal ammounts of heat), is this feasable?
2) Can I get good results with the original head (reflector type) or should I seriously think of getting a cold light head for this? I know it produce as good results as a cold head, but how much different can I expect? Much light falloff at the corners?
3) This monster didn't come with a base board, so I'm thinking of mounting above the base board. For referance, my lens is a 300mm nikkor, and all of my prints are going to be 11x17 and up. Good idea, or should I not fool around and just mount it on a regular flat?
Thanks in advance for all your help! I'm just giddy with excitement to start printing some 8x10!
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