[pure-silver] Re: Nice enlarger

I have had one of these (The Ilford MG600, which is a
rebadged multigraph) on a Beseler 45MX chassis for a
little over a year now.

It has some excellent features, and it has some things
that drive me crazy (sometimes it is the same thing). 
The probe which looks at your image and makes
suggestions for grade and exposure has saved me a huge
amount of paper. 

At the same time, it has a mind of it's own.  If you
set the timer for 15 seconds, then press the expose
button, you will never know how long it will expose
the paper for.  It takes into account the contrast
grade that you have selected, and has a sensor which
compensates for the bulb brightness which may change
with time, and then decides how long you really wanted
when you set the timer for 15sec.  On the bright side,
if you set the timer to 15 sec, you will always get
the same exposure, even if you come back much later. 
Also if you do radical changes in contrast grade, you
don't have to change the time on the timer, it takes
care of that for you.

It has a counter to keep track of how many copies of a
particular print you have done, and the counter is
smart enough to not count burning cycles.

Despite all that, I am seriously considering enlarging
my darkroom so that I can bring my old condenser head
45MX back from retirement.  (and possibly make room
for an 8x10 enlarger too) Part of what I love about
photography is the organic nature of it, and the
technology incorporated in the Multigraph head takes
me away from that.


--- Charlie Thorsten <charlie_thorsten@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Okay since we're all bored, or busy, here's a little
> eye candy for you all.  I just spotted this on our
> favorite auction site...in Michigan if anyone wants
> it.  I've lusted after the Multigraph head ever
> since
> it came out.  You don't see many of them for sale.
> If only I had the money.
> 
> (I know, I know, Weston made beautiful prints with
>  nothing but a light bulb.  But even still... :)
> 
>
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