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paolo2131 · Jan 4, 2006

Hi everyone,

I just got a Pictochrom AF with which I intended to make my own colour prints.
I thought the probe would have given me the proper filter pack and exposure time for each negative to use, but it seems like it is not so.-
As I put the probe under the lens I get a relatively accurate exposure time, but the CCs of the YM filters remain unchanged.

Is this how the enlarger is supposed to work? Do I need a separate analyser to get the proper filter pack for my negatives? Or is my enlarger that does not work?

Any advice is very, very much appreciated

Paolo

GeorgesGiralt · Jan 4, 2006

Hi Paolo !
As far as I know, the Pictochrom is not the easiest enlarger to use.
My advice is to get the manual from Durst (http://www.durst.it) and ask them for it (I think they charge some money now)
Otherwise, try to ask some people in the pro labs of your town, maybe one of them had used a pictochrom and can remember how to use it.

Rombo · Jan 5, 2006

Hello Paolo,

I have original instruction book for Pictochrom Plus Elite enlarger in English and Italian language. Here is written something about probe, but I do not have one. If You or anybody need a copy of manuals, contact me.

I only work black and white, and I found this enlarger nice for my work.

Peter.

Sergey_Shablovsky · Jun 6, 2006

Please, help me about INSTRUCTION for PICTOCHROM on English

Rombo said:
Hello Paolo,

I have original instruction book for Pictochrom Plus Elite enlarger in English and Italian language. Here is written something about probe, but I do not have one. If You or anybody need a copy of manuals, contact me.

I only work black and white, and I found this enlarger nice for my work.
Peter.

Is any specific problem in printing 6x6cm or 135mm negs up to x10-12 enlagment? May be problem vith tonal reproduction, light sensor quality, etc?

I planning use it only for B&W.

If it is possible, help me: send to me copy (may be PDF) of English section of this Pictochrom Elite Plus.

Petzi · Jun 6, 2006

The probe is normally intended for the Pictograph or Multigraph to determine contrast and exposure for b/w printing. The probe is not designed to measure colours. You need an extra colour analyser for that.

schlger · May 30, 2007

As the probe of the pictochrom elite plus measures only density, is there a difference between the probe for pictochrome and multigraph or can I use the multigraph probe for the pictochrom?

Petzi · May 30, 2007

AFAIK the probe is the same.

Hervé Bonazzi · Jun 25, 2007

schlger said:
As the probe of the pictochrom elite plus measures only density, is there a difference between the probe for pictochrome and multigraph or can I use the multigraph probe for the pictochrom?

Hello,

And sorry for my bad english !
No, the probes are the same, but doesn't work in the same way.
The Multigraph Probe measures in continuous, and the Pictochrom Probe measures point by point.
But the probes are the same EXCEPT the values of two components : R2 and C1 are differents.
For the Multigraph, R2=220Mo and C1=100pF.
For the Pictochrom, R2=100Mo and C1=200pF.

I think that you can use the Picto probe for both of them, but you have to change these components, and maybe adjust the probe offset on the PCB ...

Hervé

LucaBol · Nov 11, 2016

Rombo said:
Hello Paolo,

I have original instruction book for Pictochrom Plus Elite enlarger in English and Italian language. Here is written something about probe, but I do not have one. If You or anybody need a copy of manuals, contact me.

I only work black and white, and I found this enlarger nice for my work.

Peter.

Good morning Peter,
I bought a Durst pictochrom plus elite autofocus with keypad and everything you need but do not have the manual to understand the various buttons and how to make it work.

Would you be so kind to let me have a italian pdf manual?

Thank you very much

lucabolognese@libero.it

Per Herluf Krogh · Nov 28, 2016

Hi Peter,

Could you send me the instructions in English please? Email: krogh.p@gmail.com

Best
Per

Rombo said:
Hello Paolo,

I have original instruction book for Pictochrom Plus Elite enlarger in English and Italian language. Here is written something about probe, but I do not have one. If You or anybody need a copy of manuals, contact me.

I only work black and white, and I found this enlarger nice for my work.

Peter.

深度麻醉 · Jul 18, 2022

Rombo said:
Hello Paolo,

I have original instruction book for Pictochrom Plus Elite enlarger in English and Italian language. Here is written something about probe, but I do not have one. If You or anybody need a copy of manuals, contact me.

I only work black and white, and I found this enlarger nice for my work.

Peter.

嗨，彼得，

你能用英语给我发说明吗？电子邮件：32213292@qq.com

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Hi Peter,

Could you send me the instructions in English please? Email:32213292@qq.com

Best
Liu

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