Durst Laborator 1200

Kevin Caulfield · Jun 24, 2014

JackRosa said:
Thanks AgX. If I am not swiveling the head (about x axis), do I set this red lever to "0" or to "-" ???

"0" lets it swivel around the horizontal axis and "-" locks it.

JackRosa · Jun 24, 2014

Never Mind

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

JackRosa · Jul 13, 2014

LOVE the Laborator

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

JackRosa · Aug 30, 2014

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!

fran · Aug 30, 2014

How did the conversion of the femoneg go?

Any pics to share?

JackRosa · Aug 30, 2014

No Conversion Yet

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

Any pics to share?

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.

JPD · Aug 31, 2014

Durst means thirst in german, so use plenty of water when you rinse the prints.

fran · Aug 31, 2014

Thanks! I'm interested in seeing how the conversion goes - basically if its worthwhile doing it for 5x4 negs.

LarsAC · Sep 2, 2014

Durst means thirst in german, so use plenty of water when you rinse the prints.

Or plenty of beer while working on the prints

Lars

AgX · May 31, 2015

Here is a video depicting Durst of today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rlpocDz89M#t=340

AgX · May 31, 2015

Here their research center:

https://www.google.de/search?q=durs...=bFFrVbu_LMS6sQGp1oCwBg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

RobC · May 31, 2015

A bit late but the femoneg already has pin registration built into it. Well mine does. May be some older ones didn't....

JackRosa · May 31, 2015

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....

You mean registration between negative carrier and enlarger, correct? In contrast to registration between negative and negative carrier (?)

JackRosa · May 31, 2015

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!

RobC · May 31, 2015

JackRosa said:
You mean registration between negative carrier and enlarger, correct? In contrast to registration between negative and negative carrier (?)

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.

paul_c5x4 · Jun 1, 2015

Also posted at: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

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.

RobC · Jun 1, 2015

paul_c5x4 said:
Also posted at: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

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.

JackRosa · Jun 3, 2015

Found the Pins

RobC said:
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.

Thank you.

Yes, I see the pins.

JackRosa · Jun 3, 2015

Femoneg registration To Enarger

RobC said:
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.

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.

RobC · Jun 3, 2015

JackRosa said:
Thank you.

Yes, I see the pins.

You're not the first who asked for a registration system without realising they already had one

JackRosa · Jun 3, 2015

Feeling Silly

RobC said:
You're not the first who asked for a registration system without realising they already had one

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 . . . .

RalphLambrecht · Jun 6, 2015

AgX said:
As I said these people are Italian or Tyrolian at least. They are not german, but German-speaking.

German is also spoken in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Romania, Kasachstan to name some countries.

GmbH is indeed a legal term used in Germany, but also in Austria and Switzerland.

And in Italy. In South-Tyrol were German is one official language.

By the way, "Laborator" is not a german term...

...and parts of Germany

RalphLambrecht · Jun 6, 2015

JPD said:
Durst means thirst in german, so use plenty of water when you rinse the prints.

since it's German,beer is more likely

AgX · Jan 9, 2016

AgX said:
Here is a video depicting Durst of today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rlpocDz89M#t=340

Here their research center:

https://www.google.de/search?q=durs...=bFFrVbu_LMS6sQGp1oCwBg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Can there be a greater difference than to these videos made in 2007 in the same Region ?
Two worlds apart...

http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/se...der-holzruecker-vom-groednertal-12_x-100.html
http://www.br.de/mediathek/video/se...es-standes/der-letzte-seines-standes-110.html

Durst Laborator 1200

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