Any of the Omega D series are professional units that most people find are less "fiddley" than the two column Beseler design. I've got an Omega with a cold light head, and a black Beseler 45 with Dual Dichro head (color heads are useful for dialing in polycontrast filter equiv.). The Omegas were often built-in (secured to a cabinet top) in the basements of old photography studios. As such, they were often LEFT BEHIND, when studios went out of business or sold their property. You might do a little detective work to see if any former locations of photography studios still have equipment in their basement darkrooms. You may find the owner of the building happy to have someone haul it away. (I'm familiar with one such instance in my home town... population 3500. If it can happen there, I'm sure there are multiple situations like it possible in a metro area.)
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > The 4x5 capable enlarger I had for years was like this one: Beseler 45 M > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-Vintage-Beseler-45M-45-M-Enlarger-/350428819179?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51972f6eeb#ht_4742wt_1141> > or > http://tinyurl.com/492b27t > > Great enlarger. Handled every format. That's what I'd look for if I > wanted to get back into the darkroom for 4x5 film. > > G > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 2:38 AM, Thibouille <pentaxl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Mine really is to much of a crap (better than nothing but still). >> >> So I'm looking for an enlarger capable of 35mm, 6x6 minimum. 6x7 and >> 4"x5" as well would be ideal. >> Good optics with it and necessary accessories for those neg sizes >> would be welcome. >> Something like Durst M6xx or something. >> >> I guess shipping from outside Europe would be huge so Europe only. >> >> Thank you... >> -- >> Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs >> ---------------------- >> Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, >> DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... >> Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 >> Programing: Delphi 2009 >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
