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Tom Phillips tortured some electrons with the following result:
Lloyd Erlick wrote: On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:01:37 +0000, Helge Nareid wrote: On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:42:27 -0500, Lloyd Erlick Lloyd at @the-wire. dot com wrote: Now that we've seen the results of the election in Palestine, [... long snip, none of which have anything to with enlargers or darkrooms ...] Please, this is to all of the posters going off on this politically loaded tangent, not only Lloyd Erlick (who I may have targetted somewhat unfairly in this message). Whatever the merits (or lack of same) of your views, this has nothing to do with the theme of this newsgroup, nor indeed the topic of this thread. Please remove your discussion to a more appropriate forum. OK. I agree there's been way to many sprawling off topic theads both here and in LF equipment. And your idea of being helpful is ... yet another post, with a spelling error? Sheesh. -- The only reason corrupt Republicans rule the roost in Washington is because the corrupt Democrats can't muster any viable opposition. |
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David Nebenzahl wrote: snip ass.. |
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enlarger question
ON Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:57:39 GMT, "Nicholas O. Lindan"
WROTE: "John" wrote Actually most Beselers can't be adjusted. Well, not unless you want to cut the frame. The 4x5's can. The others ??? FWIW, IMO: I have had Omega and Beseler 45's and they both do an adequate job. It is a Ford Vs Chevy argument: both are perfectly adequate, neither is spectacular, and the choice between them supplies endless unresolvable debate. The only communal darkrooms I have used were on Army posts, and at least in the 60s they were equipped with Omega D2s. Served well, (at least) as long as someone who knew their elbow from their rump was running the photo lab. I bought an Omega D4 from a darkroom rental place in Dallas a few years back. Got a good deal because the owner didn't know anything about Omegas, only used Beseler 4x5s (he was selling the Omega for the widow of a friend). He had no problems with the Beseler. I think once you get to 4x5 and larger formats, it is hard to find a poorly engineered enlarger. But I love my Durst L-138! ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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I think once you get to 4x5 and larger formats, it is hard to find a
poorly engineered enlarger. But I love my Durst L-138! At least among modern units. My first 4x5 enlarger was an old unit from the early 50s. Good right-left alignment. But difficult to maintain because the head mount wore and front-back alignment was a real pain. I ended up proping up the back of the paper easel .... until getting my Omega ... and that didn't take long to think about. Collin KC8TKA |
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