Hello all,
First, I want to apologize to the guy that posted a thread yesterday about the score he found at a garage sale, I'm not trying to upstage him, but I had to share this with someone (my wife just doesn't seem that excited for some reason).
I responded to an add in the local classifieds that stated 'getting rid of misc darkroom stuff'. I phoned and asked him if he had any 16x20 trays and what he wanted for them. He told me he did, but the price was that I would have to take all of the 'stuff' he was getting rid of. I agreed without much thought, assuming it was a bunch of bottles/tongs/leftover 'stuff'.
When I got there, he told me to back my truck up to the garage door. You can probably see where this is going. I left with the box of my 1/4 ton full. A brief list:
Enlarger 1 - Omega Super Chromega D Dichroic II
Enlarger 2 - Leitz Focomat V35 Autofocus
3 lenses for the Omega
7 negative carriers for the Omega
2 - Rodenstock CA 30
Saunders 20x24 4-blade easel
Saunders 11x14 4-blade easel
2 gralab timers
A box full of filters, drying racks, safelights, measuring beakers, tongs, etc.
oh yeah, and the trays
3 - 16x20
5 - 11x14
2 - 8x10
I couldn't believe it when he shook my hand and thanked me for taking all this 'stuff'.
I am still fairly new to analog, so am left with a couple questions?
1) I've never used either of those enlargers before (only a Saunders/LPL 670 DXL), does anyone have manuals for either enlarger? Or can you give me a brief rundown on the quality of them? I did a quick search, the Leitz looks like a pretty good enlarge, but only one manual in German. I found that a lot of people use the Omega, but didn't find much info about it.
2) Has anyone used a Rodenstock CA30 before? Again, I did a quick search but didn't turn up much about it.
3) How do I convince my wife that I now need half the basement for my darkroom, and that I should probably get a 4x5 camera now that I have an enlarger big enough to handle it?
Thanks everyone.
Craig
First, I want to apologize to the guy that posted a thread yesterday about the score he found at a garage sale, I'm not trying to upstage him, but I had to share this with someone (my wife just doesn't seem that excited for some reason).
I responded to an add in the local classifieds that stated 'getting rid of misc darkroom stuff'. I phoned and asked him if he had any 16x20 trays and what he wanted for them. He told me he did, but the price was that I would have to take all of the 'stuff' he was getting rid of. I agreed without much thought, assuming it was a bunch of bottles/tongs/leftover 'stuff'.
When I got there, he told me to back my truck up to the garage door. You can probably see where this is going. I left with the box of my 1/4 ton full. A brief list:
Enlarger 1 - Omega Super Chromega D Dichroic II
Enlarger 2 - Leitz Focomat V35 Autofocus
3 lenses for the Omega
7 negative carriers for the Omega
2 - Rodenstock CA 30
Saunders 20x24 4-blade easel
Saunders 11x14 4-blade easel
2 gralab timers
A box full of filters, drying racks, safelights, measuring beakers, tongs, etc.
oh yeah, and the trays
3 - 16x20
5 - 11x14
2 - 8x10
I couldn't believe it when he shook my hand and thanked me for taking all this 'stuff'.
I am still fairly new to analog, so am left with a couple questions?
1) I've never used either of those enlargers before (only a Saunders/LPL 670 DXL), does anyone have manuals for either enlarger? Or can you give me a brief rundown on the quality of them? I did a quick search, the Leitz looks like a pretty good enlarge, but only one manual in German. I found that a lot of people use the Omega, but didn't find much info about it.
2) Has anyone used a Rodenstock CA30 before? Again, I did a quick search but didn't turn up much about it.
3) How do I convince my wife that I now need half the basement for my darkroom, and that I should probably get a 4x5 camera now that I have an enlarger big enough to handle it?
Thanks everyone.
Craig