Different enlargers for different types of photos

darkosaric said:

Hi all,

Recently I started to use focomat V35, before I was using meopta axomat and magnifax with el nikkor lenses (50mm 2.8 and 75mm f4).

Focomat with focotar on same fixed grade 2 paper gives much lower contrast with more details. For prints of people I like it, but for prints of architecture not so much, somehow el nikkor gives more pleasing results to my eye. Other users of focomat v35: did you had same "problem", maybe it takes some time to get used to it?

I don't have multigrade papers, I have a big stash of Fotokemika emaks grade 2 papers.

thanks,

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Alex Muir said:

You could put your Nikon lens on the V35 to see what difference it makes. I suspect that the lower contrast may, however, be due to the type of light source in the V35. I found it difficult to unscrew the Focotar, but it does come off and has the normal 39mm? thread. Alex

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desertratt said:

Sounds a bit like you're hunting for gold by going through your old sock drawers. Perhaps it would be a lot easier if you thought about modifying a single enlarger or using a different grade of paper once in a while. Different developers and development time will give you different results, too.

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