Devere Enlarger Clone?

[thefizz]

I heard there is a company who make clones of Devere enlargers. Does anyone know who that is?

 

[Ian Grant]

Odyssey Sales make De Vere enlargers, De Vere themselves ceased trading years ago.

Ian

 

[thefizz]

Thanks Ian, odyssey does indeed ring a bell.

 

[MartinP]

I thought that Odyssey refurbished existing enlarger-chassis, print processors etc? I suppose that means that they either have the last of the spares, or are making more parts.

 

[rbrigham]

Advena was the company set up by 2 ex Devere guys
they made the Gem 504 enlarger and a full line up of other darkroom equipment

robin

 

[Rafal Lukawiecki]

Peter, I bought mine, a refurbished DeVere 504, from Odyssey. They used to work for DeVere, and, I understand, they did a buy out. The machines are genuine, not clones, I'd say, in any way.

Over a decade ago, however, there was a clone of DeVere around. As rbrigham mentioned, it was called GEM. I used to own one. It was good but not as rock solid and not as well thought through as DeVere, but lighter.

 

[Ian Grant]

Odyssey make brand new De Vere enlargers but the cost of the castings etc means it's far better value to get a re-furbished model.

Ian