Want to Buy Grain focuser for enlarging

[blee1996]

Hi, I am looking for a decent quality grain focuser to start my tiny darkroom. I will be enlarging from 35mm film to 8x10 paper. I am based in San Francisco Bay area. Thanks!

 

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[Dani]

I have a Peak Model 1 that the mirror has some cleaning marks but works great. I know you can replace the mirror on those but I haven’t looked into it.
Let me know if it’s something you’d be interested in and I can send you pictures.

 

[Brendan Quirk]

I have a "Magna Sight" you can have for nothing. Going to need a little cleaning, though. Not as good as a Peak, but great for 8x10. Let me know.

 

[blee1996]

Thank you both. PM'd.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

I have a "Magna Sight" you can have for nothing. Going to need a little cleaning, though. Not as good as a Peak, but great for 8x10. Let me know.

The Magna Sight actually has a benefit over the Peak IMHO, and that is its magnification, which, for my taste, is too low in the Peak. With low-grain films, the grain is hardly visible in the Peak but easily visible with the Magna Sight. Of course, the Magna Sight is limited to the center of the negative

 

[tcolgate]

I picked up a magnasight recently. It's great for viewing at a distance, which saves me a bit of back ache sometimes.

 

[Dani]

One that it’s always a pleasure to use is the Mitchell Unicolor grain focuser. I use that one whenever I can. Plenty on eBay and very reasonable

 

[images39]

The Magna Sight actually has a benefit over the Peak IMHO, and that is its magnification, which, for my taste, is too low in the Peak. With low-grain films, the grain is hardly visible in the Peak but easily visible with the Magna Sight. Of course, the Magna Sight is limited to the center of the negative

Ralph, thanks for sharing that information. I was not aware of that. I use a Micromega, which is nice, but have noticed that finder grained negs are a bit harder to focus.

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