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Durst Laborator 1200

Never Mind

Never mind, boys & girls - just heard from Alistair ~ he can do it!
 
LOVE the Laborator

After playing a bit with this enlarger, I can report that I LOVE it!
 
Report

I had promised I would post a report on my impressions with this enlarger.

After using this equipment for a few weeks now, I give it an A++

I love this enlarger! What a beautifully-designed piece of equipment!
 
How did the conversion of the femoneg go?


Any pics to share?
 
No Conversion Yet

fran said:
How did the conversion of the femoneg go?


Any pics to share?
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No conversion yet. Alistair is in the process of moving his shop and told me he would not be able to work on this project until September. Thus, the Femonegs sit there waiting for than e-mail from Alistair where he tells me he can start.

I decided to also get a 6x7 pin-registered carrier (in addition to the 4x5). I will be sending 2 Femonegs to Alistair as soon as he is ready.

Will post pics once I receive the converted Femonegs.
 
Durst means thirst in german, so use plenty of water when you rinse the prints.
 
Thanks! I'm interested in seeing how the conversion goes - basically if its worthwhile doing it for 5x4 negs.
 
A bit late but the femoneg already has pin registration built into it. Well mine does. May be some older ones didn't....
 
Pin Regisration Femoneg

RobC said:
A bit late but the femoneg already has pin registration built into it. Well mine does. May be some older ones didn't....
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You mean registration between negative carrier and enlarger, correct? In contrast to registration between negative and negative carrier (?)
 
Pin registration Femoneg

Report: Alistair Inglis (as usual) did a fantastic job and I now have pin-registration Femonegs (both, 4x5 and 6cmx7cm) - both with diffuser on top (to use with Mylar D/B masks). I tried both and they work great!
 
JackRosa said:
You mean registration between negative carrier and enlarger, correct? In contrast to registration between negative and negative carrier (?)
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The femoneg has two pins at the back for registering negatives/masks. See here http://www.film-and-darkroom-user.org.uk/forum/showpost.php?p=100943&postcount=17

the ones circled in red are neg/mask registration pins. They are not for registering the femoneg with the enlarger. It should do that itself when you put it into the head.

durst sold a punch for using these but you can make your own or just close the femoneg on a piece of acetate or film and it will punch the holes as the pins push through the film.
 
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I have not used these pins myself (only found out a few months back). I'm not sure I'd trust the registration of the femoneg within the enlarger head when using complex multiple masks - Might try it when I get my darkroom mojo back.
 

If the springs which are on the L1200 head for locking the femoneg into place are working correctly (strong enough) then the femoneg should register with the enlarger. The springs may need adjusting (bending) from time to time but I haven't looked at it in detail.
 
Found the Pins


Thank you.

Yes, I see the pins.
 
Femoneg registration To Enarger


In my (limited) experience with this particular enlarger, the springs do lock/register the Femoneg repeatedly.

I conducted tests to make sure the registration Femoneg/Enlarger was working and it looked OK to me. Tests consisted of (a) printing a negative for the full exposure, say 10 seconds, then (b) printing same negative but using several exposures: example 3 sec, remove Femoneg, reinsert, 3 sec, remove Femoneg, reinsert, 4 sec. I examined the resulting imagine by eye and with various magnifying glasses and noticed no "double" images.
 
Feeling Silly

RobC said:
You're not the first who asked for a registration system without realising they already had one
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Yes!!! ... I feel silly knowing I bought a pin-registrations system (and not cheap by any means) only to realize later that I had one all along . . . .
 

...and parts of Germany
 
 
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