I grew up in the Army, so for a few years as a kid and even through most of
high school had access to the remarkably well equipped and supplied Special
Services labs while in high school in Germany, 1968-1970. Before that,
stateside, I’d usurped friends’ darkrooms. Before returning from
Deutschland I bought a Durst enlarger, 135 and square 120 capable from the
Canadian military exchange. They always carried the best photo and
electronics equipment. I don’t even recall the model. I remember it had a
red bar to lift the head and insert the negative. It came back to the US in
its original box since I never even opened it. I used that enlarger during
my senior year of high school and on holidays when I made it home from
college. However, after heading to college my parents moved a few times and
my darkroom was liquidated in one of those moves (along with my
Hallicrafters SW receiver). Since their passing I’ve forgiven them, mostly.
Over the next few years (decades??) I acquired and sold several enlargers
eventually building a darkroom in the mid-80s with a Beseler 4x5 with a
Zone VI cold-light head. A friend then gave me an Omega 4x5 with its
condenser head; so the two sat side-by-each until the Cedar Fire in San
Diego in 2003. It’s amazing how little survives 5000F temps. Even porcelain
“melts” off of steel and puddles in the bottom of bathtubs.
Rebuilt everything and installed a DeVere 8x10 with the color head which is
in service today for everything from 35mm to 8x10. One enlarger, all the
time.
Bob Younger
On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 16:24 ROBERT KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My first enlarger was the Federal that my dad bought right after coming
home from WW II. It was in a box in the attic with some funny glass and
black bakelite things and some strange smelling packets or chems. I was 11
or 12 when I asked my dad what it was. When he told me I asked if I could
use them because he hadn't for a decade by that time. He pulled out a few
old books from the same box and said, "Read these and I will ask you a few
questions when you are done. If you give the right answers, the box is all
yours!" Then Dejur and then Omega.
On May 29, 2020 at 7:06 PM Howard Efner <hfefner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
PS The Solar dates back to when I also had an Argus C3 camera - mid to
late 1950s.
Howard Efner
73 de KF5RGU
On May 29, 2020, at 16:27, Chauncey Walden <clwaldeniii@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 5/29/2020 2:25 PM, Eddy Willems wrote:
in a computer?
Found, or replaced by? Actually in 1968 I was working with an IBM 360 but
the bundle of checks (from the bank I used for my first job) was on a shelf
under a pile of European maps. Where else would they be stashed? I still
have the medium format Omega. First 4x5 was a deJur Versatile Professional
circa mid 1940s. First 5x7 was a Solar. Those two were replaced by an Omega
E. There is also a Durst Laborator SM 183 lurking in another room. It's all
fun, right?
Chauncey
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