Devere 504 negative carrier

[eclarke]

I have a 504 and also an 8x10 DeVere. I made my own holders from a sheet of plain glass and a sheet of non glare framing glass for the top glass, hinged with tape...Cheap and very effective..Evan Clarke

 

[murnau]

ok thanx
but still??

 

[Bob Carnie]

I use a 11x14 Deveere for my work.

The enlarger is IMO a wonderful piece of equipment. first rate....but the negative stage is the poorest design I have ever seen in any enlarger I have used. total crap.
Having the head rest on the negative stage is poor design and for an enlarger that cost over 50k I am wondering what the hell were the designers thinking.

But getting over the neg stage issue,the 11x14 is easier to use with its drop table than all other enlargers .

 

[Jerevan]

The DeVere 507 neg carriers I had looked the same as the 504 one you got, murnau. I cannot be 100% sure but I think any 504 carrier is going to fit any DeVere 504 head. I had a factory neg carrier and one home-made, which was made out of sheet metal and had hinges out of some plastic.

 

[John Austin]

Just practice, I am sure you will get the hang of it without messing around with tape etc

I have used DeVere enlargers professionally since 1972, and currently use the 10x8" with 5x4" and smaller inserts for smaller formats - The only trouble I have ever had is accurately locating 35mm negs for making large prints

However, I am shocked at the price, My current DV 5108E was Au$500 complete with lenses from 300mm to 50mm and all carriers, although I have replaced the 10x8" and 5x7" glasses, but normally I use the glassless carriers - In future I recommend you shop around and look at non-American countries where smaller formats are the norm

 

[murnau]

Thanx
I am asking this because it seems I have an older chassis de vere and I am not sure if the carrier I have shown will fit my de vere enlarger.
For now I have this one

and I want to buy the other one called master negative carrier...

 

[Jerevan]

Sorry for a bit late reply, but looking at the neg carrier you are showing - I have to say I am unsure. I assumed that the neg carriers for all the DeVere were of the same construction, two flat boards with a hinge in the back.

Possibly, if you can get hold of the people who run Odyssey Sales: http://www.odyssey-sales.co.uk/ they might have a straight answer.

I have tried, several times, to get in contact with them by mail, no answers at all. I don't know if they need a "I am gonna buy fifteen of your enlargers" sort of request to wake up. Maybe you have better luck with them, I hope so.

 

[murnau]

I have tried, several times, to get in contact with them by mail, no answers at all

same here
but finally I measured both carriers and they seem to have the same sizes for the glasses so I think the latest version of the carrier fits the older deveres