what to check with new enlarger

[splash_fr]

Hi all!

Got a new Fujimoto G70 from the bay. It will be the first time for me to use an enlarger since photo classes at school 30 years ago...
So I'd like to know if there is anything I need to check before wasting the first paper. Like is the column straight or anything.
And where could I find a manual (german or english)?

The componon-s 50/2.8 is the correct onbe for 135 and the 80mm for MF, correct?

rgds,
Gerd.

 

[Chris Lange]

correct on the lenses!

you can take a piece of scrap 120 film and scratch an "X" into it from corner to corner, put it in the enlarger, and focus on the scratch with the grain focuser, and see if it's sharp from corner to corner...a quick, dirty cursory check for alignment.

 

[splash_fr]

Good tip, thanks!
Will do!