Durst 138S vs 184 vs 1200 vs LPL 7451

[jhorvat]

Daniel,

There are Durst, DeVere and Beseler anlergers on e-bay in Australia, quite often. Sometimes a few of them appear in the same time, but sometimes you need to wait for a month or so. For a good 4x5 model (often with a lens or two), expect to pay AU$500-650.

Joseph

Unfortunately, shipping a 138S from the US to Australia is not likely to be an in-expensive excercise!

The reason that they're going to cost that, is he has a couple of incomplete chassis, spare parts and he's going to build one up, which will take him some time obviously. I'll also get to pretty much specify what heads I want. Any suggestions there?

Are Durst 138S very common? I don't think there has ever been one for sale on the Australian ebay.

Are the 138S one of the better 4x5 enlargers? I have to say, having the whole thing installed and calibrated for me is attractive, since I'm just getting into wet processes. I paid more money for my 24" DesignJet. Maybe there are some things I can get him to throw in out of his warehouse which will make it more worth it?

Daniel.

Edit :


This was his suggestion too.