[pure-silver] Re: Nice enlarger
- From: Charlie Thorsten <charlie_thorsten@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:22:50 -0700 (PDT)
Mark,
Thanks for this commentary. I've never used one of
these personally (although I've had a couple closed
loop color heads...AC1201, ZBE Starlite). It's
interesting how you said it takes away the organic
nature of BW printing. Is it possible to put it in
a "manual" mode, where you simply set the paper grade
and enter an exposure time? I know the ZBE Starlite
had this, which was nice.
-Charlie
--- Sauerwald Mark <mark_sauerwald@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>
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