No and no
Many here despise glassless neg carriers
I don't
a Negaflat is glassless and tightens the film flat
Both cost about the same used, some have both
Originally Posted by Bob Salomon
No and no
Many here despise glassless neg carriers
I don't
a Negaflat is glassless and tightens the film flat
Both cost about the same used, some have both
Tin Can
Well someone sniped me at 2 seconds on ebay for the glass carrier so I found a negaflat for $70 buy now and also bought a 135mm and 150mm bundle for $54. The 135 supposedly has separation. 150 is okay
Good price if in good condition
Get on board with automatic sniping
I use Gixen and pay extra for the second server
Set it and forget it
I can then sleep through the drama
Tin Can
Simmon Omega Type D-2 enlargers are workhorses. Problem is that if they are not treated with care when moving them, they can be bent out of alignment. A friend called me in that he had found two of them at a tag/garage sale for very, very little money. Cosmetically he told me that they were in almost like new condition. I told him to buy them for me. When I picked them up, they were in fact cosmetically in almost "like new condition", but they were partially disassembled. When I put them back together, I discovered that they were hopelessly out of alignment. Best I could tell was that they must have been thrown around or dropped when they had been moved or transported. Ended up with a pile of D-2 parts that I eventually threw away.
You may need this list
Beseler 45/CB7 Negative Carriers (Updated 14 Jan 2014) http://www.oresteen.com/bes%2045%20carriers.htm
Some are hard to find
You should get Beseler glass carriers with and without AN just to enjoy for a while
Some have extreme dust problems which varies by location, climate, darkroom
Some are good at spotting
Some scan and spot
some don't
Tin Can
+1
Though I did buy my first enlarger from a member here, well a complete darkroom setup actually. Never met him - my dad picked it up from him and I got it later. I still have and use it, but have since found/purchased others for cheaper. I have found all the Beseler accessories I could ask for on eBay and here in the classifieds.
I suppose the first will always be the most expensive.
Not necessarily
My first CL CB7 was $25 out of a horrible basement, I actually feared for my life, from the 2 wacko brothers, one eyeing me as meat, the other saying, leave now!
Later I bought a $200 CB7 from a member here, who graciously held it 2 months for better weather. I had a 600 mile winter round trip.
Both work, but the more expensive one is really nice, with a better color head than the first.
Another member here sold me a NOS Condenser head for it. CB7 heads are bigger than MX heads despite both being 4X5, more corner light.
Some parts interchange, especially lens boards and film carriers.
+1
Though I did buy my first enlarger from a member here, well a complete darkroom setup actually. Never met him - my dad picked it up from him and I got it later. I still have and use it, but have since found/purchased others for cheaper. I have found all the Beseler accessories I could ask for on eBay and here in the classifieds.
I suppose the first will always be the most expensive
Tin Can
Thanks for the link. I bought the Negaflat last night so I'll use that for now.
ah the frustration. So now I have two lenses a lens board and a lens turret that are all useless until I source other parts. Turret 39mm holes, lens board about 50.5mm not threaded, useless because the piece to mount the board to the enlarger is missing, I'm guessing it was removed to install the turret. 150mm lens 42mm, 135mm lens 50mm that I can mount to the board.
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