Re: Gum prints with the enlarger

Alan Kleiman (akleiman@infoabc.com)
Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:35:17 -0500

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>I have been using an modified enlarger for the past 10 to 12 years.
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>Is is a Durst J606 enlarger equipped with a 300 watt halogen light source
>which requires a 5 to 90 minutes exposure time depending upon the
>negative's density range and the extent of the enlargement. I had
>combined the light source and condensers from a B&H slide projector into
>the Durst enlarger head (with 50mm f2.8) and added a cooling fan remotely
>mounted with the cooling air fed through a flexible duct.
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>I have used it for extensive experimenting and find it reasonably sharp
>though I feel that contact printing gives superior results.
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>If anyone is interested in building a copy, I will forward photos that
>should be helpful.
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>Art Chakalis
>Columbus, Ohio, USA
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I would like to see the pictures.Sounds very interesting
Alan Kleiman
akleiman@infoabc.com