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Hi all,
we have a couple of very bad enlargers in our university society darkroom. i am looking to buy new gear now. what would you say is more important lenses or enlarger? how does the enlarger matter? is it not just a bit of metal that passes light through the negative onto the lens? Many thanks, Gunnar |
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Gunnar
Depending on the size of the enlarger but contact classis-enlargers.com .. He sells rebuilt Omega D2s. Rebuilt to better than Omega ever built them. They will last forever. Lenses are biggies. Bob AZ |
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Gunnar Mallon spake thus:
Hi all, we have a couple of very bad enlargers in our university society darkroom. i am looking to buy new gear now. what would you say is more important lenses or enlarger? how does the enlarger matter? is it not just a bit of metal that passes light through the negative onto the lens? I'll take a crack at this and say the lens is most important. As you suspect, the enlarger is basically just several hunks o'metal that support the lens, negative, lamp, condenser, etc., and hold them in alignment. Nothing rocket-science about it: basically, the elements in the optical path (light, condenser, film and lens) need to be in a straight line with the components aligned perpendicularly to the light path. So what a guy would want is a solidly-constructed unit which can be accurately aligned. Most enlargers that are above the El Cheapo class fulfill these basic requirements. And of course, with the Great Takeover of Digital Photography, enlargers are much cheaper and easier to acquire. -- 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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Only thing I would disagree with is a Democracy gets corrupt when the peopel
get lazy and selfish. "David Nebenzahl" wrote in message .com... Gunnar Mallon spake thus: Hi all, we have a couple of very bad enlargers in our university society darkroom. i am looking to buy new gear now. what would you say is more important lenses or enlarger? how does the enlarger matter? is it not just a bit of metal that passes light through the negative onto the lens? I'll take a crack at this and say the lens is most important. As you suspect, the enlarger is basically just several hunks o'metal that support the lens, negative, lamp, condenser, etc., and hold them in alignment. Nothing rocket-science about it: basically, the elements in the optical path (light, condenser, film and lens) need to be in a straight line with the components aligned perpendicularly to the light path. So what a guy would want is a solidly-constructed unit which can be accurately aligned. Most enlargers that are above the El Cheapo class fulfill these basic requirements. And of course, with the Great Takeover of Digital Photography, enlargers are much cheaper and easier to acquire. -- 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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Creeker spake thus [regarding sig]:
Only thing I would disagree with is a Democracy gets corrupt when the peopel get lazy and selfish. No disagreement from this quarter. -- 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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Creeker wrote:
Only thing I would disagree with is a Democracy gets corrupt when the peopel get lazy and selfish. Could someone point me to a Democratic government ? I don't remember ever seeing one. JD |
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John spake thus:
Creeker wrote: Only thing I would disagree with is a Democracy gets corrupt when the peopel get lazy and selfish. Could someone point me to a Democratic government ? I don't remember ever seeing one. Do you mean democratic or Democratic? -- 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:
John spake thus: Creeker wrote: Only thing I would disagree with is a Democracy gets corrupt when the peopel get lazy and selfish. Could someone point me to a Democratic government ? I don't remember ever seeing one. Do you mean democratic or Democratic? I'd be happy to have both ! Someone in office again with some fiscal responsibility would be a good start. Note that to the best of my knowledge the last truly democratic government existed in Athens. JD |
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Democracies and Republics come in many variants.
They're hard to make distinct. There is no true "democracy", but the modern proletariat definition has been claimed: USSR, PROC. The US is supposed to be a constitutional republic. But that was before the Left's rise to corruption. Collin |
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Cheesehead wrote: Democracies and Republics come in many variants. They're hard to make distinct. There is no true "democracy", but the modern proletariat definition has been claimed: USSR, PROC. The US is supposed to be a constitutional republic. But that was before the Left's rise to corruption. The Left's? You should pay more attention to the current scandals and inditement of the corrupt Right. Unless like dubya you don't read the news papers. Even Gingrich is saying they need to clean up their corruption... |
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