Old Ganz Speed-Ez-El Flyer

Brendan Quirk · Feb 21, 2022

I just thought you might get a kick out of seeing an old Ganz flyer that originally came in a De Hypo box I bought long ago. The prices are 1975!

PS. I anyone wants the flyer, I can pop it in the mail.

tezzasmall · Feb 22, 2022

I've looked at lots of these Speed-Ez-El's on ebay to try out, but they have mostly been in the US at silly prices and HUGE p/p costs on top. Hopefully one will pop up on Ebay UK sometime...

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AgX · Feb 22, 2022

I wonder if the full-format easels are really borderless.

And what are "angle prints from straight negatives" ?

btaylor · Feb 22, 2022

Not borderless, “even borders.” Mostly, depends on how the paper ends up sitting in the unit, but pretty good most of the time. I’ve used the EZ ELs forever. They are quick and almost foolproof to load, easy to position, compact. I find the 16x20 difficult to use however.

AgX · Feb 22, 2022

Sorry, I overlooked that sentence in the ad on the even borders. Before that I was not sure if the paper was not held by oblique arrests, thus making them borderless.

Remains my second question...

cjbecker · Feb 22, 2022

For all handheld prints, Which are 99% of what i print, i use speed-ez-el’s. They are fast and easy too use, i have my mounted in a 4 bladed easel so they do not move.

infrar3d · Apr 5, 2022

I didn't know they made Speed ez-els with square holes. I've never seen one. I'd love to find one of those in 7x7.

cjbecker · Apr 5, 2022

infrar3d said:
I didn't know they made Speed ez-els with square holes. I've never seen one. I'd love to find one of those in 7x7.

i just made my own 7.75x7.75 ish out of an 8x10 speed easel. Just made a square opening out of pieces of hard stock cardboard and used blue painters tape too hold it all together. Printed with it today for the first time and worked great.

gone · Apr 5, 2022

I was looking at this same exact ad in a 1978 Popular Mechanics in the bath this morning (I was in the bath, the magazine was, well....... you'll figure it out). They also had a nice article on the Olympus OM cameras and a VCR that could record 2 hrs of shows AND remove the commercials. It seems we've gone backwards since then, in a lot of ways.

mshchem · Apr 5, 2022

AgX said:
Sorry, I overlooked that sentence in the ad on the even borders. Before that I was not sure if the paper was not held by oblique arrests, thus making them borderless.

Remains my second question...

I believe that "angle prints" means you can tilt the easel for perspective control without the paper sliding out. Of course this is true with traditional fiber paper, resin coated paper would slide out. These were extraordinarily popular in the US. I prefer the Saunders Sing-L-size easels that would give a perfect 3/16ths inch border.

albada · Apr 6, 2022

RC paper lies flat, so I merely lay the paper on a steel plate with rectangles drawn on it for the paper-sizes. Works well, and is borderless. A piece of plywood would work equally well. I haven't tried tilting it to change perspective.

gordrob · Apr 6, 2022

I have used the 5x7 and 8x10 Speed Easels for a long time. I have the 16x20 one as well but was never comfortable using it so I upgraded to a Saunders unit. I was cleaning out some darkroom boxes I stored away years ago and came across the DeHypo Print Washer in the ad. I got it back in the 60s and used in the kitchen sink to wash my prints, mostly Velox contact prints to start with. It must have worked well because any of the prints that I still have show no deterioration.

AgX · Apr 6, 2022

From that photo it is not clear how that tilting works.
One of my smaller easels is from wood, though commercially made. At one side it got a swivelling lever attached, a small stick from wood, fastened by a wing nut. Swung out it serves as height-adjustable foot for the easel

infrar3d · Apr 10, 2022

cjbecker said:
i just made my own 7.75x7.75 ish out of an 8x10 speed easel. Just made a square opening out of pieces of hard stock cardboard and used blue painters tape too hold it all together. Printed with it today for the first time and worked great.

That makes sense. I've been using a couple of pieces of a pizza box and some hinge tape. But I've got an 8x10 speed-ez-el lying around. I think I'll try your solution.

Old Ganz Speed-Ez-El Flyer

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