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I have a Durst M605 enlarger for B+W, where does one get lensboards?

harlequin

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Dear APUG Members,

Short of going to ROME and praying at the Vatican, I wonder if there is a source for standard lensboard
for this enlarger, 39mm Leica thread in what resembles an inverted tea cup? I know these all have great Italian names
these accessories...... If someone could shed some light on this, If I know what the standard lensboard is called
perhaps I can hunt it down here or on ebay.... I love the enlarger, however spare parts are harder to find than
those for my uncles DeLorean....

Thanks for your assistance on this....
I think Durst makes excellent equipment, quirky but excellent.

Harlequin
 
Harlequin do not lose your patience too soon! There are plenty of those lens boards floating around. Knowing their names and dimensions helps. Attached is page from Durst M605 manual.
Siriopar is flat one for 80 and 75mm with M39
Siriotub is recessed one for 50mm with M39 and I think it can be flipped out and used with 80mm too. My M605 is in storage so I can not check it now. Those boards were interchangeable between 35mm and medium format Durst's.
Maybe I should upload whole M605 instruction manual on some permanent thread? How I can do that?
 

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I have bought several on Ebay, both the recessed for 50mm lenses and the flat boards for 75mm-80mm lenses. The second part of the name will have the size of the threaded hole. e.g. LAPLA39 SETOPLA25 etc. Thingiverse also had 3D printer files to make the most common Durst boards (have not tried them out). https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:701153
 
if you will have time enough, while in Rome ring the bell of shops specialised in used cameras. These lensboards are specialised stuff not common even in Italy, however quite obviously the chance that you will find one in Italy is higher than in LA. These two shops seem to have a lot of visibility on the internet, although I've never been there personally and I don't even know if they deal in used enlargers:

https://www.sabatinifotografia.it/shop/usato
http://www.otticafotoroma.com/categoria-prodotto/usato-garantito/

As a side note, the names given to these lensboards are acronyms and have absolutely no meaning in Italian.

Enjoy your trip and your stay!
 
SIRIOPLA reference for 75 and 80mm lenses (flat board).
SIRIOTUB reference for 50mm lens (recessed board).
 
i got all my Durst lensboards from e-bay. Some come attached to lenses with no description in the text, so you have to be clever to search for them.
 
Have you tried this place
http://www.glennview.com/index.htm

He seems to have a lot of Durst products. I don't have a Durst enlarge, but was looking at one to buy, but didn't. I have not dealt with Glennview personally.
 
"PLA" is for a flat lensboard, like a plank, or a plane.

"TUB" is for a cup-shaped lensboard (recessed).
 
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I got most of my Durst lensboards off eBay.
Be patient and keep looking.

As ic-racer said, sometimes a lens is on the board, and the board is not listed in the title of the listing, but is included in the sale. So you have to look at a lot of listings. Get familiar with how the boards look so it will be easier to ID the boards in the listings.

gud luk
 
Do the Durst lensboards always have the name printed on them?
I have some lensboards here, that could be Durst. I used to have Durst enlargers, but have LPL now, in which they do not fit.
Regards,
Frank
 
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