Mine was to actually make a print with that enlarger I bought last May. Done.
As I suspected the column roller is worn to the point where I can not get the enlarger into alignment. There are no parts available for that old DeJur. And, of course, there are no machine shops in Boone. The nearest city with a few is Hickory NC an hour down the mountain (maybe I should check over in Tennessee). May have to take a trip down and see if one of them can make a new one cheap. I am finding that living in a small town has its disadvantages.
Ask me about my 94 cent print washer.
OH! I also rediscovered a great reason for using larger formats. Dust!
I could see dust on the negative, but no visible dust spots on the print. 2x enlargement just does not make for huge dust spots. Eat your hearts out toy camera users <grin>.
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Boris Liberman wrote:
Hi!
ft> Anyone make one this year that relates to photography? If so, would you ft> care to share it with us?
See below <g>
ft> I've resolved to make more money this year from photography than I did last ft> year (which actually won't be too hard <g>).
Good luck. No, really, I mean it. I hope you'd share your success with us here on the list.
ft> I don't even remember when I last made a resolution, but I do remember that ft> I kept it. Hopefully, I will this year as well.
Normally I don't make resolutions either. But I think I would have to keep in mind few things like:
1. Shoot at least 40 rolls of 36 exp film like I did this year. Well, actually this year it's been 38 and two half rolls loaded at the moment. But I am at least half-mathematician, remember? Hence 39 is 40 for very big values of 39.
2. Buy monopod and/or tripod and actually start using it.
3. Try some controlled environment photography, which I almost never tried before.
Do I pass the test, boss?
<vbg>
Let the hunt begin...
Boris
-- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com
"You might as well accept people as they are, you are not going to be able to change them anyway."
