During the heyday of 6x9 cameras, most likely simple contact prints were the norm.
For $50, it's hard to go wrong.
And if it comes with a lens, it might turn out to be a freebee.
Yes, as mentioned above, I'd be keeping the 67C for 35mm.
I did find a 23C listed on the local Craigslist for $50 that was listed about a month ago. If that one is still available, I might make that jump right now. We'll see how that pans out.
Not really, the D line was designed for negatives from 1/2 frame, 110 to 4X5, pros wanted camera that could handle all formats.
Yes, but a little bit of no.
The focusing bellows on my D6 was quite stiff, so while I could and initially did use a 50mm lens, it was relatively difficult to focus with one mounted.
It was far easier to use with the 60mm Leitz Focotar lens I ended up using mostly.
But that meant that I had to use the enlarger higher up on the column to obtain larger prints, which in itself can be problematic for those with low ceilinged, limited space darkrooms.
If the OP only has space for one enlarger, and that space is fairly constrained, and the OP works frequently with 35mm film, I would suggest they look carefully how convenient any particular 4x5 enlarger is to use with the smaller formats.
Ok, what in your opinion is a proper 35mm enlarger? The only proper small format enlarger I've used is a Leica, 35mm and 6X6.
Never used a Durst Lab 4X5 and only a Besler 45m with a 4X5 negative, not sure how well they would deal with 50mm lens.
I have a Beseler 45MXII and CB7 and they both handle short lenses easily -- but short lenses take on many variations. My Schneider 35mm & 28mm require short recessed boards, as well as my Rodenstock 25mm but they all are easy to focus & use. Many short enlarging lenses, like the Voss 25mm and my Minolta 30mm have recessed designs so they can use flat boards. Other short lenses have small condensers built on top of them -- so they don't need recessed boards either -- and the lenses have a focusing ring, unlike typical enlarging lenses. My Minolta ENLAUNIT 30mm and Yashica ATORON 21mm are of this design -- and Mamiya made FIVE versions of their 25mm ENLAHEAD.
So if you need to put short enlarging lenses on just about any enlarger, there are a LOT of options to choose from:
http://www.subclub.org/darkroom/lenses.htm
I take ithe Ic is a 35mm version.
I brought the $50 enlarger home today. It looks like the guy I bought it off of got it from a school that had closed their photo department down. The enlarger came with several boxes of filters, some still brand new, a very nice grain focuser, a working timer, eaisles, a 50mm Beseler lens and two factory 35mm negative carriers for the 23C still in shrink wrapped packages. Also, there's another 35mm negative carrier for my 67C and several unopened boxes of photo paper as new as 2019. I have no idea how this was stored, so the paper may not be worth much, but that grain focuser is worth the $50 to me.
Everything seems to work well, so I'll start working on getting what I need to do 6x9 with it. It does need a bit of lube to smooth sticky adjusters also.
He has a Beseler 67C for 6x7 and smaller. So, unless he gets a good trade-in allowance....
But, yes - my Omega D2 would be ridiculous to use for 35mm - even though I have a holder.
But if calculations are correct, you can do a 30x36" print from a 35mm negative.
If you had one of the 40mm lenses, you could turn the column around, and use that D series enlarger for perhaps a 5'x7' print. Viewing distance of said print would be about 15 -20 feet, but the paper cost would be prohibitive.
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