notch codes ? I only use one film...
Lens can still be OK without iris, as the 40mm Focotar is still deadly sharp wide open (unlike most all other enlarger lenses), and enlarger alignment is very good, so still usuable, just more inconvenience involved...
Super smooth ring is usually not needed, as a printer usually only uses one aperture setting for most all work, and enlarger is bright, so not needed to open lens for focusing every time...
And only a few blades in iris, so someone should be able to put it back together (if all parts are there)...
Steve K
Tin Can
FWIW I like my Printfile proofer under a cheap Meopta 4x4 enlarger for contact printing.
I tried the heavy float glass + bare bulb route, then a POP frame for bit.
Sadly missed out on a real life mahogany contact printer when Adolph Gasser's closed shop.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
It seems that you don't know what contact-printing is? The light-source doesn't matter. Just use a desklamp with a low power bulb, and maybe a few layers of normal white paper as a way of getting conveniently longer exposures. Save the $200 for paper and chemicals.
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