![]() Just one more thing - I would need two lenses for best results, right? Can anyone recommend which to look for =, and if you feel so inclined give me just a quick and dirty explanation of why I want these lenses? Thanks!Īnsal Adams The Print is a good starting place. For now, something not much bigger than my Axomat would be perfect since I do not have a permanent dark room and each printing session requires clean up and moving of equipment.Thanks again for all you responses, as usual I am overwhelmed with the number and thorough nature of your response - the community here has been very, very helpful! And I print exclusively B&W, and do not plan on moving into colour any time soon. I do think that one day I will be able to try large format - but that is not in the near future - so the enlarger will do 35mm - 6X7 at most duty. I think I will look into these Meoptas and Omegas and see what fits my budget - I already have the contrast filters so that is one thing I won't have to buy. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your input - I have learned a lot and at least have some direction now. ![]() Durst need seperate condenser sets for each format. Options for other brands are very limited. Both have lots of options, cold light, point source, and color heads. The Omega's were the enlarger I used in the Military and in College Darkrooms and they are quite rugged. I have not used Beselers very often, but I found that are more difficult to aline and need a genital hand on the positive side they don't require cones or condensers. I have always liked Omega, grew up on them, but the D (and E and F) needs lens cones, so if you have going print anything larger than 35MM you need a cone for the longer lens. Beseler, Omega, and Drust are quite common, but some of the older Drusts willīe hard to find parts for, how much time and money do I have for repairs and What foot print does the enlarger need to fit, and how much ceiling height do Iģ. Thanks for all your help in advance!īefore you make buy I recommend that you consider:Ģ. I shoot B&W almost exclusively at this point - so the equipment will only need to fulfill that role, and budget is a BIG concern. What are the most reliable, bang-for-the-buck options available to me in the used market? While this old enlarger is OK, I would like to purchase an enlarger that will allow me to print both 35 mm and medium format (6圆 mainly). I would love to hear advice and/or suggestions as to what to buy next. Not to mention, the lense is not exactly ideal for medium format. The actual casting that holds the neg carrier has a round hole in it that "vignettes" a medium format neg as it is not much larger than the neg itself - so I can only print the very centers of the image - which as you can imagine is very limiting. I believe it is a condenser type (light goes through a big lens then through the neg - that is a condenser, right?), and its inability to print medium format is not a limitation of neg carrier or lens. ![]() It is a MeOpta Axomal 1a, a rather elderly Czechoslovakian product (that country no longer being one in and of itself indicates the age to some degree!). I shoot a lot of medium format and would like to shoot more - unfortunately, the hand-me-down enlarger I have (thanks to the generosity of a friend who shares my affliction with photography) is only suitable for 35 mm. ![]() ![]() I am a relative beginner to the dark room side of this photo-hobby (I have been playing with it for years, but only a few months ago did I get a make shift set up of my own). ![]()
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