Hello, my name is James. I live in northeast Arizona and I'm new to photography.

[James Johnson]

I'm mostly here to retain information I'm not able to find online dealing with my 1940 Kodak foto enlarger anastian 150 mm darkroom set-up. With extra film, chemicals, film cutting board, and attached coard with pedal and I believe it works. I need to know what I'm dealing with before I can start to learn how it's done. And eventually, possibly, find a buyer and buy nicer, newer photography equipment. It was made by a German man, in Germany I believe. Everything is in great condition.

 

[juan]

I’m not familiar with that exact enlarger, but it should not bet significantly different tan others. Enlargers are not complex. I hope someone has a better answer.
Welcome, post often.

 

[James Johnson]

Thanks for your response, the most I've gotten in two months....all I know is everything is Kodak....I think that is a good brand...I can't find any others around that year nor can I find that particular one anywhere online. Maybe I just need to donate it to the local museum. It's just collecting dust . Would be nice to find an avid collector, someone who would appreciate and take care of something that was a passion for old grandad.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Can you see it here? : http://www.bnphoto.org/bnphoto/KodakEnlargers.htm

 

[mshchem]

Hi, welcome.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Come and ask questions. None of us was born with this knowledge and everyone of us has someone help them on the way. The one stupid bad question is the one that was not asked.

Welcome to APUG Photrio!!​

 

[James Johnson]

Thanks everyone, I believe so...I still can't find it online...I'm guessing my best bet is to post it online and hope a photographer who collects antiques sees it lol. Y'all have a great day, god bless.

 

[James Johnson]

Thanks everyone, I believe so...I still can't find it online...I'm guessing my best bet is to post it online and hope a photographer who collects antiques sees it lol. Y'all have a great day, god bless.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Welcome to Photrio. What new photography gear are you planning to buy?

 

[Ulophot]

Welcome, James. Just a thought:

While there may be benefits to newer equipment, keep in mind that extraordinary photographs have from the mid-1800s been made with the simplest of tools. It certainly is useful to identify these things, and perhaps what you have is ready for another home. However, an enlarger, to take the example at hand, is little more than a light source shining through an image (on glass or film) and focused on a sheet of paper with an intervening lens. Light, film, and lens are in a light-tight (for operation) package called an enlarger. Like any such projection, the image on the paper will grow in size as the image is moved further away, and vice-versa, so we typically have the enlarge "head" mounted on a vertical column allowing this distance adjustment.

Cameras, similarly, work in essentially the same sorts of principles. There are more variable to be understood as one learns about photography; more means of freedom to control how the image is rendered. And, yes, one can buy a super-camera of the digital type that has enough menus to provide reading for a week. But to make a great image doesn't really require that.

 

[Marcelo Paniagua]

Welcome James Enjoy the ride.