At 08:46 AM 12/26/2006 , Nick wrote: ... with my old Durst I can leave a negative for weeks in there >and it'll be perfectly focused. The Beseler won't manage a few hours using >the same test.... > Nick >================ December 28, 2006, from Lloyd Erlick, I've noticed the same thing. I used a Beseler 4x5 enlarger for many years, and I formed the habit of checking the focus frequently, even during a session. I never trusted the focus to remain consistent between sessions with the neg in the enlarger. My Durst (L1200) has slowly broken me of the habit of checking focus. I have left a neg in place many, many times, sometimes for weeks indeed, and never have found the focus different from the time I left it. I love my Durst. If I bumped into the Beseler with my head in the dark, I ground my teeth because it could be assumed I had changed something important like focus or alignment. The Durst doesn't budge, might as well bash a lathe with my head. regards, --le ________________________________ Lloyd Erlick Portraits, Toronto. website: www.heylloyd.com telephone: 416-686-0326 email: portrait@xxxxxxxxxxxx ________________________________ -- ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.