Model name of your large format enlarger please

[arca andy]

What ho
I haven't got a large format enlarger, I want a large format enlarger.
I know most of the companies that make enlargers, past and present, but when it comes to the model names and negative formats that they can achieve then I am not so sure.
So when I am trawling eBay, and the like, it can sometimes take time to work out if that Durst can get me to 5x4 or not. So if you could list your favourite large format enlarger and the neg formats that they can achieve I would be greatful, also tell me why you like so it much.... I'll start with the one I do know:

De Vere 504 35mm to 5x4....or did it go to 5x7 ? See this is why I need your help!
Ta Andy

[David Karp]

I have an LPL 4500 II, which is a 4x5 enlarger.

[bob carnie]

De Vere 515 11 x 14 - possibly one of the best enlargers on the planet...
Durst 8x10 with CLS 2000 head.. almost as nice.

[Liquid Artist]

My Durst model 138 does everything I ask of it.
I don't actually have a favorite, they all have their good and bad points.

[schafphoto]

Beseler 4x5 MXT and 4x5 V-XL I finally got rid of the two old Omegas and now have four Beselers (my oldest 4x5 MCRX was $99 and I mounted it to the wall upside down). It’s nice when all the carriers and lens boards are interchangeable. With a little handiwork many of these can be modified with larger light sources to go 5x7 or 8x10 but that’s a project. I’m sure there are posts about that on this forum.

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[dasBlute]

durst 138s, tall and sturdy, I need it for 5x7...

That said, I have extensively used LPL 4500s though and found them
very nice for 4x5 and smaller :)

-Tim

[480sparky]

Beseler 45 MXT. Does........ well....... 4x5.

[Jim Jones]

My DeJUR Versatile Professional model was made by DeJUR-Ansco in America perhaps 70 years ago. It is versatile and sturdy, but not common in America and probably rarer in England. It appears to be designed for 4x5 negatives and nothing larger. I've improvised a 35mm adaptor for it, which involved a deeply recessed lens board and a spacer between the negative carrier and lamp housing.

[jon.oman]

Omega D2v. It is 4x5 and works for me. I really would like an 8x10 enlarger though! Maybe the DeVere 5108, which takes up less height than the Durst 184. The DeVere will fit in my darkroom with the eight foot ceiling.

[vinny]

fotar 10x10
Fotar also made 4x5 enlargers.
Omega d-2 4x5 and smaller.

[ic-racer]

Sounds like you just need a list of 4x5 enlargers.

Durst 1200
Omega "D"
Beseler 45
DeVere 504
LPL 7450

[Kirk Gittings]

I started on one of these in my dad's darkroom :) I currently use a Beseler 45 MXT.
http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/Images/D88.JPG

[tih]

I use a Durst Laborator 1200 for 4x5" myself, and I think I know where the "is it a 4x5 enlarger or not" is coming from. The negative carrier, called FEMONEG, is shaped so that it will diagonally cut a tiny little bit off the corners of a 4x5" negative. The 4x5" glassless carrier for it has a size that takes this into account, trimming the dimensions down to slightly less than what's actually exposed in a proper 4x5" film holder. The reason, of course, is that the enlarger was originally designed for European formats up to 9x12 cm. (This is actually closer to 4x5" than you'd think, because the European formats specify useable area, not total sheet size. It's still smaller than 4x5", though.) There is an alternative negative carrier, the FEMONEG AM, that can utilize the full area of a 4x5" negative, but it is hard to find today.

That said, I have not yet encountered a negative that I couldn't afford to lose that 1/16" slice of each edge from.

[Greg Y]

A light bulb for contact printing onto Azo.
A Beseler MXT with a Zone V1 VC head 35-4x5
A Durst 138 for 5x7..... my favorite enlarger

[arca andy]

Sounds like you just need a list of 4x5 enlargers.

Durst 1200
Omega "D"
Beseler 45
DeVere 504
LPL 7450

Well, yes, but it's good to hear the views on on each one.

[Tin Can]

Fotar 10X10, currently 5X7
Calumet 10X10 currently 8X10 converting to 11x14
Beseler CB7 4X5
DeVere 504 converting to 5X7, 6X17

All these are very good chassis, which can be adapted to different sizes and heads, IF you like to tinker and know how. NOT for everybody.

Then there are the tiny formats...

In London, find DeVere, very well made and easily adjustable to square.

Heck, last week somebody here was selling 4X5 monorail that they used for their first enlarger. He MADE it work.

Good luck!

[mdarnton]

When I had a darkroom, I had an Omega D2V, which I loved, but now, if I had a darkroom, I'd want at least a 5x7 or better, 8x10, enlarger. My fantasy, which probably won't get realized, is to fit one of my 5x7s with a light pad and make it into an enlarger.

I liked the Omega because it was relatively compact, as these things go, and sufficient to the job.

[Luis-F-S]

Have a De Vere 5108, a Durst SM 183, N an LPL 4500. In your Village it's a no brainer, get a De Vere 504 or 507.

[Paul Ewins]

Started with an Astron 4x5 which was a cheap condensor enlarger, almost like a slightly bigger 6x6 model. Moved on to a Beseler 45 and then to a Durst L1200 with an Ilford 500h MG head.

[djdister]

I used to have one of these - Eastman Kodak 5x7 Autofocus Enlarger. Solid as a rock and weighed a ton. Had counterbalance springs to help make raising and lowering the head easier, and had cams to adjust the focus as you raised and lowered the head too. Used an Eastman Projection Anastigmat lens, 7.5 inches and f/4.5.

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[Jim C.]

I have 2 Omega D2's one with a color head, the other has a variable condenser head as well as a Omegalite diffused head.
Parts are plentiful for these old work horses at great prices, easy to maintain, I worked with Omega enlargers when
I did lith work for an optical effects studio eons ago so they were familiar to me .
When I decided to set up a dark room they were the first ones I turned to.
.... and they can be used as a bomb sight (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?125772-New-use-for-an-old-enlarger) ! ;)
Still chuckling over that.

[DG 3313]

Omega D2 condenser, Omega D3 dichro, Beseler 23c2 dichro (for contacts and small negs). My D3 was the first enlarger I printed ciba-chromes on and got it from the instructor...24 years ago!

[mathieu Bauwens]

Durst laborator L1000 with cold light head latico, 4X5 inch

[Fr. Mark]

I recently bought a Beseler 45 I've not made the first enlargement with it yet, but I like that lens boards for it are simple squares and that it has provision to project on the wall if I want to very big prints and it looks relatively simple to mount different light sources---I hope to eventually make a 5x7 or even 8x10 diffusion source heads for it. The Omegas have good reputations but look harder to modify.

[Jac@stafford.net]

My LF enlarger is a mutant so my wife named it Flattery because it gets me nowhere.

[peter schrager]

Stephen Shafer that is one classy darkroom!!

[Peter Lewin]

DeVere 504 with ZoneVI variable contrast head.

[MIke Sherck]

Beseler 45.

Mike

[Ginette]

I'm in Durst here: Durst 138 (5x7) and Durst 184 (8x10) but also a Beseler 45.
If your small village is London UK, look for DeVere enlargers, also for Ilford 500 VC head system. It should be easy to found.

[bobwysiwyg]

My LF enlarger is a mutant so my wife named it Flattery because it gets me nowhere.

:)

[munz6869]

Durst AC1200 (5x4") with the controller as big as a Commodore 64...

Marc!

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

Hello from France!

The probability that you could find one of those enlargers made in France is quite low outside Western Europe, however, here they are:

I have two AHEL enlargers, a 6x7 cm and a "AHEL 12-45", film formats up to 4x5".

A good friend of mine has a REINHEL, format ~ 11x14". Reinhel used to make various enlargers from 9x12-4x5" to 18x24cm - 20x25".
The 11x14" model is very rare ; my friend bought it from an official French Goverment used equipment auction.

The problem with many used REINHEL enlargers & other vintage LF enlargers owned by institutions is not that they are rare; the problem is to locate, secure and buy or acquire one for free, before the equipment is discarded as scrap metal ...

And you can add to this French list the PRIOX brand, but most PRIOX large format PRIOX enlargers that you can find are designed for 9x12 cm and not 4x5". Some 13x18 cm (~=5x7") PRIOX might have existed since 13x18 cm was very popular among German and French professionals until ~ 1960 - 1970.

And we can add that KlENZLE, Germany manufactures new large format enlagers (although not cheap, this is another story ;) )
http://www.kienzle-phototechnik.de/Vergrosserer/vergrosserer.html

A list of brands on the German wikipedia page on enlargers:
Agfa, Beseler, Durst, DeVere, Jobo, Kaiser, Kienzle, Liesegang, Meopta, Omega, Teufel, LPL (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergr%C3%B6%C3%9Ferungsger%C3%A4t)
Some like TEUFEL are probably unknown in Northern America: TEUFEL was the distributor of AHEL enlargers in Germany and Austria.

[Alan Curtis]

Zone VI with a Modern Enlarger lamp VC head.

[John Kasaian]

Omega D-II, 4x5, which is code for a D-2 with a pull/push system instead of a crank for raising/lowering the negative stage. IIRC just an older D-2 hence the distinction with Roman numerals. Like the D-2 it is fairly ubiquitous in the US, parts and attachments easy to find and the whole machine is very ruggedly built and all the cool kids have one.:cool:
Apparently they were even employed as bomb sights:rolleyes:

Elwood Commercial, 8x10. A huge machine made mostly of wood and castings. Cheap, old, and simple, accepts 8x10 negatives. The diffuser discs often don't survive but that doesn't seem to matter much. Need parts? Build them yourself---it's easy enough.
Did I mention cheap?

[Merg Ross]

Omega DII with Aristo V54 Lamp.

[Rolfe Tessem]

LPL 4500 II, which does up to 4x5. In the past I've had two Omega D2 enlargers, one with condenser head and one with the color Chomega head.

The LPL is a dream, and well supported with new parts available.

[rfesk]

Federal 450 w/Aristo V54 head. Elwood 5X7. The others - Federal 250, Beseler 23, Omega DII, and MEOPTA - are just sitting around waiting for their chance.

[angusparker]

Durst or DeVere are top of the line. Beseler MXT is a cheap easier to find alternative that takes up less space. The head is just as important a consideration as the chassis. If you use VC paper get a color head.

I have Durst 1200 with 500 color head.

[Nicolasllasera]

A DeVere 5108 over here in Spain.

[ic-racer]

Well, yes, but it's good to hear the views on on each one.

Durst L1840 8x10 why this.. it was within driving distance for a truck
Omega D5000...why this...I have all the service manuals and know the electronics inside and out and have many spares because it is USA made.
Minolta Mod III...why this... in 1975 it seemed a better enlarger than the Omega B22 I was looking at. Why do I still have it? Perhaps I was correct at the time.
Philips PCS150...why this...it was given to me 2 years ago. Why do I still have it? It works great & I have dedicated it to 35mm. It is a condenser additive head. Nice to have something a little different.

[rjbuzzclick]

Omega D2v. It covers me from 35mm up to 4x5, which is nice since I don't have a lot of room. It was cheap too.

[Jody_S]

What ho
I haven't got a large format enlarger, I want a large format enlarger.
...
Ta Andy

If you're looking to buy, the only way to go is to trawl the local classifieds, Craigslist or Kijiji, local photographica boot sales, etc. Shipping is almost always more than the cost of the enlarger, for large format. Small format too, unless it's something cultish like the Leitz Focomat IIc (I got mine from... a photographica flea market).

I agree that some are particularly confusing, I have spent a bit of time myself googling various DeVere enlargers looking for format size. There oughta be a website or something...

[Cor]

Durst L1200 with condensors (35 mm upto 4*5) and opal lamp here (have more than a lifetime supply of 150 watt (or is it 75..?) bulbs) and gradient filters above the lamp.
Indestructible set up, expecting to outlast me..I have the 500 color head as well, but I guess I am so used to working with filters and condensors I never really liked working with the colour head.

Best,

Cor

[Michael Graves]

I've been a Beseler fan and user for many years. I still have a 5x7 Beseler that is dedicated to that format. However, earlier this year, I acquired an LPL 4550 VCCE that made me a convert. I've worked in many professional darkrooms and have used Omegas, Beselers, and Dursts. This LPL is the finest enlarger I've ever used.

[jp]

Beseler CB7 here, with dichroic head for adjustable contrast.
I use Omega for the smaller formats.

[Peter De Smidt]

De Vere 504 floor-standing enlarger with a color head.

[Kodachrome25]

However, earlier this year, I acquired an LPL 4550 VCCE that made me a convert. I've worked in many professional darkrooms and have used Omegas, Beselers, and Dursts. This LPL is the finest enlarger I've ever used.

+1, I now own two complete 4550XLG's with VCCE modules and tons of accessories. The thing just gets out of the way of making a print, really nice to use!

Just wish I could find the darn 35mm mixing box, might be easier to find a Tasmanian Tiger....

[Michael Graves]

+1, I now own two complete 4550XLG's with VCCE modules and tons of accessories. The thing just gets out of the way of making a print, really nice to use!

Just wish I could find the darn 35mm mixing box, might be easier to find a Tasmanian Tiger....

Ain't that the truth. However, I'm finding my exposures aren't excessively long with the standard mixing chamber.

[Kodachrome25]

Ain't that the truth. However, I'm finding my exposures aren't excessively long with the standard mixing chamber.

Agreed. I have two 4x5 and two medium format boxes, the latter increases the light output by 1/2 a stop. I converted one of those to a makeshift 35mm box based on some photos a friend sent me of his and it gave it 1-1/2 stops extra but the darn condenser lens I used has a bubble in it that shows up in the prints.

Ultimately if your enlarger is well aligned and you use the top glass only LPL AN 35mm glass holder with a modern Apo enlarger lens no more than one stop down from wide open, that makes using a standard box a non issue for bigger prints.

[Luis-F-S]

+1, I now own two complete 4550XLG's with VCCE modules and tons of accessories. The thing just gets out of the way of making a print, really nice to use!

+++1 Probably the best 4x5 enlarger out there with it's ease of use and interchangeable light sources!!! But since the OP is in England, a DeVere may be easier to locate.

[Luis-F-S]

De Vere 515 11 x 14 - possibly one of the best enlargers on the planet..

And since we only know of one other besides Bob's it's sort of a mute point. Possibly the only two in existance! Look for a 5108 which is probably one of the "best enlargers on the planet" that you can realistically hope to own!

[angusparker]

And to turn any enlarger into a sophisticated computerized machine that will save you money by reducing paper waste buy one of these lovely made in UK contraptions: http://rhdesigns.co.uk/darkroom/html/analyser_pro.html

[neil poulsen]

I've used many and have owned several.

I think that I've finally settled on a Zone VI Type II with a VC 8x10 head, a VC 5x7 head for that format, and I use a customized Beseler 45s with a Zone VI Beseler adapter for 4x5 and smaller negatives. I have extra tubes (no longer made) for the 8x10, and an extra green tube for the 5x7, in case something goes wrong. I customized the 45s by circumventing the internal electronic controls and installing a sensor that works with my Zone VI compensating timer. I also have a 4x5 D2V condenser head (also with an installed Zone VI sensor) that I can use with the Beseler adapter.

If I'm going to have an 8x10, I like having the Zone VI. It doesn't require the headroom of some of the larger 8x10's. Given the transformation of film photography from mainstream to an alternative technology, I've been able to pick up Apo-Rodagons as enlarger lenses at very reasonable prices. In particular, I have an A-R 240mm (wider-field process) lens that also helps to minimize the headroom required by an 8x10 enlarger.

The Zone VI enlargers don't have the sophistication of a DeVere or a Durst. But, they were designed to be fully adjustable. One thing I like about the Zone VI enlarger, is that the negative carriers are pretty much full-frame and include all the image area on the negative. For example, Omega carriers smaller than 4x5 cut off more than I would like. I have a 35mm, 645, 2.25" square, 6x7, and a 6x9 negative carrier. I've also seen them in 6x12, and of course, 4x5. I made an adapter that accepts Omega carriers, so for 4x5, I use either the standard or the glass Omega D5 carriers.

Zone VI negative carriers are relatively rare.

[Kodachrome25]

And to turn any enlarger into a sophisticated computerized machine that will save you money by reducing paper waste buy one of these lovely made in UK contraptions: http://rhdesigns.co.uk/darkroom/html/analyser_pro.html

All my darkroom metrics are RH Designs, just awesome stuff! The Zonemaster-II baseboard meter / Stopcock Pro combo is flat out brilliant in terms of paper saving.

[MrFujicaman]

A Beseler 45H I bought back around 1987 for $160.

[Drew Wiley]

They're all Durst now. I didn't know anyone else made enlargers (being facetious). ... well, except for the beast I built from the ground up. I should probably name it.

[swittmann]

I have a Durst Laborator 1000 with condenser head and use it for 35mm, MF and LF (4x5").

[bob carnie]

I was recently told by a friend in UK that the Oddessy Sale people still have parts for this beast


And since we only know of one other besides Bob's it's sort of a mute point. Possibly the only two in existance! Look for a 5108 which is probably one of the "best enlargers on the planet" that you can realistically hope to own!

[Luis-F-S]

I was recently told by a friend in UK that the Oddessy Sale people still have parts for this beast

Good to know, unlike Durst unfortunately! I know they've been great about answering questions and parts availability. L

[Ian Gordon Bilson]

My beastie is a Kindermann 4x5" of which I doubt there are many in North America. Condenser,autofocus. Unusual design - a massive cast iron vertical arm,Pivoting down to the lamphouse/lens holder. Bayonet mounting lens cone in cast magnesium,finished in that light green mottled paint popular in Europe at that time - 50's?
Alignment? A couple of coins trapped under the side and front of the massive mounting optimised that. Nothing else on the machine can be adjusted.

[Luis-F-S]

My beastie is a Kindermann 4x5" ....

Post some photos of it? L

[StoneNYC]

Saltzman 8x10 - does everything from 8x10 to Minox, if you can find a place big enough and have a way to raise the 1,000lb machine...

[Luis-F-S]

Saltzman 8x10 - does everything from 8x10 to Minox, if you can find a place big enough and have a way to raise the 1,000lb machine...

Yup, just make sure you have a slab on grade, or reinforce the floor & rafters for the extra weight so you can hook up a come-a-long to the ceiling to raise the monster. Or you can use a lot of sand and use the technique the Egyptians used to raise some of their 40 Ton stone monoliths. Yes I know the Saltzman only weighs one ton or a little less, but still........I'll keep my Durst/Deveres which can easily be moved by one or two people once it's broken down into pieces parts! You ever going to post photos of that Saltzman? L

[StoneNYC]

Yup, just make sure you have a slab on grade, or reinforce the floor & rafters for the extra weight so you can hook up a come-a-long to the ceiling to raise the monster. Or you can use a lot of sand and use the technique the Egyptians used to raise some of their 40 Ton stone monoliths. Yes I know the Saltzman only weighs one ton or a little less, but still........I'll keep my Durst/Deveres which can easily be moved by one or two people once it's broken down into pieces parts! You ever going to post photos of that Saltzman? L

Perhaps someday, I'm in school now and done have much spare time. And last time I posted it became a free-for-all, I'd rather post some prints when I can ;)

I may be using the Egyptian method, but with brick blocks and an engine jack.

[Gord Robinson]

Durst Laborator 138S for 5x7 down to 35mm with the appropriate condensers and lens combinations. It also has a Condit registration unit as well. Also it's baby sister a Durst AC 800 for color work 6x9 and smaller.

[Duolab123]

Elwood 8 x 10 and 5 Beseler 4 x5's (Just in case)
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[jk0592]

I have a very conventional Beseler 4x5MX, with cold light head.

[Pat Kearns]

I have a Beseler 4x5MCRX with a condenser head and Beseler 4x5 MXT with a Zone VI cold light.

[analoguey]

Agfa/Modern half plate enlarger- just shy of the 5x7 size.
Condenser enlarger that uses a higher wattage not-so-easy-to-source incandescent bulb.

/Trying to make alternate multi-bulb head for it

[seall]

Zone VI Mk2 with digital head to easel and focus distance on a split 8 Digit Seven Segment Display.

[Duolab123]

Zone VI Mk2 with digital head to easel and focus distance on a split 8 Digit Seven Segment Display.

I got the Zone VI type 2 part. What the hell is a digital head to easel and focus distance on a split 8 Digit Seven Segment Display?

[Peter Lewin]

DeVere 504 with a ZoneVI VC head and ZoneVI compensating enlarger timer. I bought the DeVere chassis about 40 years ago and it’s still good as new.

[Mark Sampson]

I have an Omega D-II, probably Korean War vintage. It has a Zone VI cold-light head with the stabilizer. Soon to be back in operation! Not state-of-the-art by any means but a fine working tool.
Most of the enlargers I've used in a long darkroom career were Omegas; D2, D3, lots of Super-Chromega D5XLs.
I have used Fotar 10x10s extensively... built like bridges. And just as big; 16' columns on those.
Also the Kodak Beacon Precision Enlarger, a superb machine but useful only for enlarging aerial reconnaissance film.

[John Kasaian]

Elwood 8x10; Omega D-II

[Daniel Unkefer]

I have two 4x5 Omega DII enlargers, each fit to a homemade 16x20 drop table. This allows me to work as I need to, at comfortable heights.

The enlarger at the left, has a circuline Omegalite head, my fave for making small 8x10 prints. 150mm Rodenstock Rodagon f5.6 printing 8x10s from 4x5s currently.

The enlarger on the right, is new to me, about 90% restored and now usuable. It has a Modern Enlarging Systems Model 2 blue LED head, and a 180mm Rodenstock Rodagon on it. The LED head is uber bright, about 150 watts worth. I will use this rig for making bigger prints. Also notice the Laser Align on the easel. I check focus planes each time I move the carrier up or down.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48055301361_216e6d71aa_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2gdtYSD)Omega DII with drop table added (https://flic.kr/p/2gdtYSD) by Nokton48 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/18134483@N04/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Now using Beseler V-XL (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3994-REG/Beseler_8545_02_45V_XL_Enlarger_Chassis_Only.html/?smp=Y&ap=y&lsft=BI%3A514&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-6mrtd7m4gIVjvhkCh31fwVsEAQYASABEgKiq_D_BwE) wall mount with Howard Bond's (https://howardbond.zenfolio.com/) DIY conversion 10X10 with Aristo 1212 V-54 (https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/119739-REG/Aristo_1212_C_V54_110V_1212_Cold_Light_Head.html)

[angusparker]

Durst 4x5 w Color Head
Besseler V’XL with 8x10 conversion, wall mounted

[Luis-F-S]

I haven't got a large format enlarger, I want a large format enlarger.
I know most of the companies that make enlargers, past and present, but when it comes to the model names and negative formats that they can achieve then I am not so sure....

So did you get an enlarger or were you taking a survey?

[Drew Wiley]

Biggest one - "Myself" model, completely custom built, high-output additive colorhead. Mid-sized 8x10 enlarger: Durst L184 with conventional Durst YMC colorhead; Smallest 8x10 enlarger - Durst L138 chassis modified for 12x12 cold light; 5x7 enlarger - L138 tricked out with customized RGB additive colorhead. I no longer use a 4x5 enlarger per se, but previously had an old Omega D2 with their colorhead in the lab too.

[MartinP]

Another somewhat resurrected thread, but it's all interesting stuff. For 4x5" I have a Meopta Magnittarus, in 10x15cm. There is around ten inches of clearance between it and the ceiling when the baseboard is on the (concrete) floor. It's a twin condenser design with ventilation for up to 500W bulbs, though I generally use 250W or 150W. I also use the Magnittarus chassis to support a smaller Meopta Opemus light-source (temporarily replacing the big lamphouse and condensers) when I want more size than the 6x6cm table-top enlarger, or the De Vere 203, can provide.

[jnantz]

Military Contract D3V, E4, both with Condensers both with Aristo heads ( and the E4 with an Omegalite )

[Jim Jones]

DeJur Versatile Professional.

[rfesk]

Elwood 5x7, Federal 450, and Omega D2

[John Layton]

5x7 Zone VI series 2, Omega D2-V, Beseler 45MX, Homemade 8x10 horizontal.

[mpirie]

2 x Durst L1200 chassis, 1 x Durst L1000 chassis, 3 x MG500 head/PSU/controllers, 2 x CLS450 heads, 1 x AC1201 head/controller(faulty)

Mike

[Bernice Loui]

Durst 138, full set of condensers, five negative carriers for 35mm to 5x7 & glass carriers.

Lenses are 105mm EL Nikkor, 135mm Componon S, 6" Goerz Magnar, 180mm APO Nikkor, 210mm Schneider Componon S, 8-1/4" Goerz APO artar, 9-1/2" Goerz APO artar.

Full set of easels from 8x10 to 20x24 and adjustable bladed.


Bernice

[AJ Edmondson]

Omega D5XL Modern Enlarging Lamps Mdl 2.
Joel

[David Lindquist]

Durst 138, full set of condensers, five negative carriers for 35mm to 5x7 & glass carriers.

Lenses are 105mm EL Nikkor, 135mm Componon S, 6" Goerz Magnar, 180mm APO Nikkor, 210mm Schneider Componon S, 8-1/4" Goerz APO artar, 9-1/2" Goerz APO artar.

Full set of easels from 8x10 to 20x24 and adjustable bladed.
Bernice

A 6" Goerz Magnar, I have to say in all sincerity that I am very impressed.
David

[tgtaylor]

Beseler 45 MXT with dichro 45S color head; Beseler CII XL with condenser head. All lenses are Nikon except a 180mm Schneider Companon-S. Easels from 4x5 through and including 20x24.

Thomas

[Arne Croell]

From left to right: Zone VI 5x7" type 2 with Zone VI/Calumet LED head, Dunco 67-II with Heiland LED head (6x7cm enlarger), Beseler 45 MXT with Zone VI VC cold light head. Apo-Componon 150mm, Apo-Rodagon N 90mm, Apo-Rodagon N 150mm.

[Jim Noel]

Aristo 5x7 diffusion w/cold light; Beseler 4x5 MX? w/Oriental VC head and probe.

[archphotofisher]

elwood 5x7 and Omega d-2 4x5

[Tin Can]

Pictures are a good idea!


From left to right: Zone VI 5x7" type 2 with Zone VI/Calumet LED head, Dunco 67-II with Heiland LED head (6x7cm enlarger), Beseler 45 MXT with Zone VI VC cold light head. Apo-Componon 150mm, Apo-Rodagon N 90mm, Apo-Rodagon N 150mm.

[jmontague]

Omega D2V. Treats me very well.


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[peter schrager]

The sun..o contact print 8x10 platinum or aristotypes

[Bernice Loui]

Of which is currently being used by a friend on a optical table for scientific work. As a 4x5 enlarging lens it is beyond overkill. At 2x the optical performance of the Goerz Magnar far exceeds any B&W print paper to absolute pointless excess. Best aperture for the Goerz Magnar is f8.

Fave 4x5 print making lens is the 180mm APO Nikkor, it is excellent in every way. Fave for 5x7_13x18cm is are the two Goerz APO Artars they equal the APO Nikkor in print making capability and performance. Enlargement-magnification ratio for sheet film never exceeds 4x.



Bernice



A 6" Goerz Magnar, I have to say in all sincerity that I am very impressed.
David

[Daniel Unkefer]

I need to make a light for exposing 8x10 contact prints. I have many 8x10 negs from 25 years ago to print. I am thinking Lomida souped in Ansco 130 to start. I'm also thinking about using the box to split filter 8x10 contact print with fibre VC paper. I do have a set of large Multigrade filters I bought for this purpose.

Also maybe an Omega E6 with Omegalite head. About time I got busy with my 5x7 Norma.............. I have all the big chrome Componons up to 360mm.

I'm totally comfortable using graded paper, right now I prefer it.

16x20 is as big as I will ever go.

[Keith Pitman]

Two Zone VI Type II enlargers: one 5x7 and one 8x10. The 5x7 has a Type I motorized focus control adapted to the Type II enlarger.

RH Designs Stop Clock Vario F-stop timers for each enlarger.

I have all the Componon-S enlarging lenses from 50mm to 300mm.

Saunders 11x14 and 20x24 easels and Salt Hill 16x20 easel.

[Keith Pitman]

Arne,

What is the object that looks like a white cylinder coming out of the side of the Zone VI enlarger?



From left to right: Zone VI 5x7" type 2 with Zone VI/Calumet LED head, Dunco 67-II with Heiland LED head (6x7cm enlarger), Beseler 45 MXT with Zone VI VC cold light head. Apo-Componon 150mm, Apo-Rodagon N 90mm, Apo-Rodagon N 150mm.

[Arne Croell]

Arne,

What is the object that looks like a white cylinder coming out of the side of the Zone VI enlarger?

Its a piece of foam tubing. The Zone VI/Calumet LED head has a cooling fan in it, with the air blowing out on the left. Attaching the foam tubing to that opening reduces the fan noise to near zero

[Keith Pitman]

Its a piece of foam tubing. The Zone VI/Calumet LED head has a cooling fan in it, with the air blowing out on the left. Attaching the foam tubing to that opening reduces the fan noise to near zero


Cool!

[seall]

I got the Zone VI type 2 part. What the hell is a digital head to easel and focus distance on a split 8 Digit Seven Segment Display?

The left digits are the height from the easel to the head and the right digits show the length of the bellows for focus, both are in cm to one decimal place. I prefer to note these two figures rather than take a reading from the column. When not being used it reverts to a 24hr clock. The sensors are ultrasonic with slightly different sampling systems for each one since one only needs to measure a small distance.

The unit uses a dht22 to correct for temperature and humidity in order to account for variations in the speed of sound due to changing conditions in the room.

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