I am lucky to have a Durst 138. I have the mixing chambers for 5x7" (13x8cm) and 6x9 cm. I've never used the 6x9 chamber, though if I were to print 35mm with this enlarger I may try it. I agree with Lloyd that the glass carrier for your largest negative is all you need. You can make a mask from a sheet of waste film or black paper for all the smaller formats. Sandor Gianni Rondinini <bugbarbeq@xxxxxxx> Sent by: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/31/2006 12:48 PM Please respond to pure-silver To pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [pure-silver] Re: help with finding an 4x5" enlarger On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:09:22 -0500, you (Lloyd Erlick <lloyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>) wrote: >I've been using an L1200 for a decade. I bought it brand new, and I went a >little overboard on the trimmings. I bought all the little doodads that [...] >work the price down. I think it's still possible to buy anti-Newton >negative carrier glasses from Durst if a new one seems in order. this is a very good suggestion. thanks lloyd. since you've used it longly with all the accessories, i trust in the fact longer/shorter exposures don't make that difference. and i'd like to say once more, since i know some friends of a similar italian list are subscribed to this one, too, that i'm quite a newbie in darkroom, then i probably wouldn't able to notice any difference. i fell a little bit ashamed saying this, but i have 2 different condensers for my agfa enlarger and can't find *any* difference between them. i know one is for 135 and one is for 120->6x9, but i can't figure out which. >But if I had to use condenser, I'd definitely see if the 4x5 condenser set >did the trick for smaller formats. The added brightness just isn't worth >the huge money. ok, thank you once more. regards, -- Gianni Rondinini (30, tanti, RA) Nikon user - Bmw driver http://bugbarbeq.deviantart.com ============================================================================================================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.