Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
I have the conversion kit on a 45MX chassis back at my home in Nevada. If you want to PM your email to me where you can receive pictures, I can provide them and any dimensions you might need. I will also post back here if anyone else is interested.
Best,
Claude
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
Beseler conversion? What happened to the Omega 8x10?? Did you wind up not getting it?
From your other thread:
... I'm sat here counting out my pennies for the Omega 8x10 enlarger I'll be purchasing and picking up tomorrow, and it hit me; I now have the capability to print up to 8x10 negatives.
What is the deal with the Kamm? When did you get that? I'm not sure what that looks like. Do you have a complete Kamm enlarger?
Sorry if you posted answers to these questions, but I have been following so many 8x10 enlarger threads between here and APUG I can't keep them all straight :)
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
Just FYI, the Omega dichro color head that is still current on their floor standing enlarger is not 8x10, it is 10x10, and I think would be too big to fit onto any adaptor designed to hold a 8x10 sized light source. I am not aware of any Omega 8x10 enlarger, just the 10x10. But I don't know everything.
Also, you know that the Bessler adaptor kit contains the negative stage, don't you.
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
I'll post more when I get back to Nevada in a few days, but the Beseler 8x10 enlarger I have uses a 12x12 Aristo head.
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
Hi Claude
I am in France
I have a 45mx I am really interested in the pictures of your 8x10 kit for the transformation (I do not speak English but I am doing google to translate) I hope that google also translated for you
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Marcel
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
Allo Marçel! La traduction est bonne.
If Claude emails me the photo's I will host them on my photobucket account and place them in the thread to make it easier even for non-members of the forum; I found it difficult to find anything, even on apug,pnet,etc, so people who happen on this thread on google would benefit from freely hosted images.
Claude, I'd really appreciate images and dimensions, thank you for your offer - I'm waiting impatiently :)
Gene, the Dichro head *is* 10x10, so the idea is to use it for rotating 8x10 (both ways). I should have made that clear, sorry!
IC-Racer, This is the Kamm/Omega enlarger. Pretty much an Omega head (chromega super f dichroic II) on the Kamm chassis...but it is way too big. The Omega head is all I want. So I've got rid of the massive heavy Kamm chassis, to mount the head on a smaller enlarger chassis (in this case, the Beseler).
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
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Originally Posted by
Ash
IC-Racer, This is the Kamm/Omega enlarger. Pretty much an Omega head (chromega super f dichroic II) on the Kamm chassis...but it is way too big. The Omega head is all I want. So I've got rid of the massive heavy Kamm chassis, to mount the head on a smaller enlarger chassis (in this case, the Beseler).
Ok, got it!
You may get some ideas from these links I ran across
The first is a discussion on a 10x10 conversion and the photo I posted, I believe, is of the enlarger discussed.
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ead.php?t=9269
Have you seen this conversion? : http://www.bluegrassharvest.com/DurstZilla/index.htm
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
I've seen the Durstzilla, but that's a much bigger conversion job than I'm planning! Also the guy has a lot more skill, as can be seen!
Re: Beseler 8x10 conversion?
Bump, in case anybody has more help on the conversion... thanks!