[pure-silver] smaller prints with 8x10 enlarger; magnetic easel
- From: shannon stoney <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:25:06 -0500
Peter wrote:
> >
>It sounds to me like you need an extension lens cone. Which model
>enlarger do you have? Does it take the standard 504 style lensboards?
>These are about 4.5" in diameter. If you need a model number, I could
>dig up my 810H manual which probably lists the required lensboard for
>different formats/lenses. If you can't find a specific board, you could
>make one fairly easily out of a spare flat lensboard, ABS tube, a flat
>sheet of something opaque and rigid, and a retaining ring.
the lensboard that I was told to use with the 4x5 lens is actually
recessed into the bellows, which is a bit strange. You have to reach
up in there to screw in the lens and it's a little hard. Plus you
can't see the f stops, so you just have to count.
I am looking for a lens board and an 8x10 lens. Apparently you need
a different lens board for a bigger lens.
>
>Some of the older De Vere 8x10 use different boards which are roughly
>6.75" in diameter. I have a bunch of these later ones that I once bought
>by mistake.
Hmm, might you want to part with one? I wonder if one of them might
work with my 50mm lens or my prospective 8x10 lens. Right now only
my 75mm lens and the one for the 4x5 negs fits into this weird
recessed lens board.
>
>Btw., how did the contrast settings work out?
Fine. I used the settings that Agfa recommended for Kodak type heads.
Also, I am thinking of buying one of those magnetic easels, so i can
make some bigger prints. Are those any good? They certainly are
affordable.
--shannon
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