[pure-silver] Color Head

I used my color head - or should I say I am using it? Am on my way back down to the darkroom now that dinner is done and cleaned up. The exposure adjustment after filter setting change is not so bad. The math isn't that bad. Having a chart on the wall and a calculator makes everything so easy. I dialed in the difference as a percent of exposure adjustment (Darkroom Automation F Stop Timer), and that way I get to keep the refernce to the no filter exposure that I started with. Works for me. Of course when I start by calculating exposure using the DA meter and charts, I don't have to worry about the filter factors so much.
It's a Durst M605. I cleaned the color head very well, and replaced some foam seals. The filters look pretty clean, I can't imagine that any bits of dust on them would hurt much at all. Compared to the "Condenser" head, it runs a little cooler. The neg I'm printing from was one that I had some trouble catching highlight detail for with the condenser, and I'm just not having that trouble now. I guess the developing time was meant for this enlarger, and now I know what that means. The convenience of dialing in the filter isn't really that big of a deal, but it helps keep my table clear of the filters box.
What fun it is discovering for myself (at my glacial pace) what you all have been writing about all this time! 
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