Enlarging 6x12 negatives

How are 6x12cm negatives enlarged with a Beseler 45 enlarger? Is there a
glass-less 6x12 negative carrier or should one modify a 6x9 carrier? I
know a 4x5" glass negative carrier can be used, but would prefer a
glass-less solution.

Robert

Robert Pyle wrote:
How are 6x12cm negatives enlarged with a Beseler 45 enlarger? Is there a
glass-less 6x12 negative carrier or should one modify a 6x9 carrier? I
know a 4x5" glass negative carrier can be used, but would prefer a
glass-less solution.


How about moding a 4x5 glassless then? Easier to add some guides to a 4x5
then to cut open a 6x9.

Nick

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Robert Pyle wrote:
How are 6x12cm negatives enlarged with a Beseler 45 enlarger? Is there a
glass-less 6x12 negative carrier or should one modify a 6x9 carrier? I
know a 4x5" glass negative carrier can be used, but would prefer a
glass-less solution.


BTW You could just make a 6x12 carrier out of black matt board. It's not
like the Beseler carrier is that complicated.

Nick
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Nick Zentena wrote:

Robert Pyle wrote:


How are 6x12cm negatives enlarged with a Beseler 45 enlarger? Is there a
glass-less 6x12 negative carrier or should one modify a 6x9 carrier? I
know a 4x5" glass negative carrier can be used, but would prefer a
glass-less solution.




BTW You could just make a 6x12 carrier out of black matt board. It's not
like the Beseler carrier is that complicated.

Nick



I concur. You can even get a couple pieces of aluminum at a hardware
store, drill corner holes, insert a metal cutting hack saw blade and cut
the opening. Finish off the edges with a file, spray paint it flat
black, and it is done.

Francis A. Miniter

Robert Pyle wrote:

How are 6x12cm negatives enlarged with a Beseler 45 enlarger? Is there a
glass-less 6x12 negative carrier or should one modify a 6x9 carrier? I
know a 4x5" glass negative carrier can be used, but would prefer a
glass-less solution.

For "odd" sizes, I use a glass carrier with a thin black vinyl sheet
cut as a mask and placed over the negative which adds spacing to prevent
Newton's rings.

Alternatively you can use thin flat (check it) Masonite finished on both sides
(similar to a clipboard). Hold two sheets together with double sided tape, and
cut the outside dimensions. With the sheets still attached, small drill holes
at the corners of the film opening, a couple at the edge for alignment locator
pins or four near the opening for negative alignment, and a couple for negative
stage locator pins if someone should use an Omega D#. A Durst may require strips
glued on the bottom. Separate the sheets, and using a jigsaw or saber saw tilted
to 45 degrees, cut out the opening on each sheet to give a beveled edge. The
ground stubs of a couple of flathead screws may be glued into one sheet to serve
as locators for the boards, or if four are used, for the negative strip. After
sanding down to 400 grit, paint flat black on the outside, and gloss black
inside to prevent scratches on the negative. It only takes a few minutes to make
the carrier if you have or can borrow a jigsaw, drill press, and adequate
planning/measuring skills.

Something else to consider, I have a Carlwen rapid transport carrier with an
aluminum 120 insert for my D-2 (Carlwen also made this unit for Beseler 45),
the insert holds 4 6x6 negatives but someone had already modded it by
removing the "bridge" of material between two of the frames. Material is
much thinner than the material in a carrier and it was just basically a
hacksaw job (tho' from the quality of the cuts I suspect it was a jeweler's
saw or Dremel tool cutoff blade that did the deed). And at least one firm
is making after-market carriers of quite good quality for about $60-70
dollars, these turn up on eBay for less at times. That's where I got my 645
for my Omega.

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"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
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Robert Pyle wrote:
How are 6x12cm negatives enlarged with a Beseler 45 enlarger? Is there a
glass-less 6x12 negative carrier or should one modify a 6x9 carrier? I
know a 4x5" glass negative carrier can be used, but would prefer a
glass-less solution.


How about moding a 4x5 glassless then? Easier to add some guides to a
4x5
then to cut open a 6x9.

Nick

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"Digital the new ice fishing"
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Plexiglas and Formica scraps work well also.

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darkroommike

"Michael Gudzinowicz" wrote in message
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Robert Pyle wrote:

How are 6x12cm negatives enlarged with a Beseler 45 enlarger? Is there a
glass-less 6x12 negative carrier or should one modify a 6x9 carrier? I
know a 4x5" glass negative carrier can be used, but would prefer a
glass-less solution.

For "odd" sizes, I use a glass carrier with a thin black vinyl sheet
cut as a mask and placed over the negative which adds spacing to prevent
Newton's rings.

Alternatively you can use thin flat (check it) Masonite finished on both
sides
(similar to a clipboard). Hold two sheets together with double sided tape,
and
cut the outside dimensions. With the sheets still attached, small drill
holes
at the corners of the film opening, a couple at the edge for alignment
locator
pins or four near the opening for negative alignment, and a couple for
negative
stage locator pins if someone should use an Omega D#. A Durst may require
strips
glued on the bottom. Separate the sheets, and using a jigsaw or saber saw
tilted
to 45 degrees, cut out the opening on each sheet to give a beveled edge.
The
ground stubs of a couple of flathead screws may be glued into one sheet to
serve
as locators for the boards, or if four are used, for the negative strip.
After
sanding down to 400 grit, paint flat black on the outside, and gloss black
inside to prevent scratches on the negative. It only takes a few minutes
to make
the carrier if you have or can borrow a jigsaw, drill press, and adequate
planning/measuring skills.