From: Les Newcomer (lnphoto@ismi.net)
Date: 05/15/00-08:20:44 PM Z
Just throwing my 2 pesos in here. Almost all rear view (outside) automobile
mirrors are front surface. Maybe a trip to the local salvage yard might
prove fruitful.
Les
Judy Seigel wrote:
> On Mon, 15 May 2000, garimo wrote:
> > I love all the possibilities. And I see how this how easily this one
> > could/would work if all the necessities were in place. The main one I
> > lack is the conveniently located wall. This old 5x7 enlarger was
>
> That's not a problem -- simply prop up a piece of plywood or hardboard (as
> I recall I used stacks of bricks, or maybe it was books) at an appropriate
> distance and pin the paper on that.
>
> The problem is more likely getting the front-surface mirror, which used to
> be a regular darkroom item. Now that enlargers got so tall (& darkroom
> stuff vanishes even as I write) maybe not. This is a ready made gizmo, no
> need to "adjust" the angle. It sits on one side of its right angle, the
> mirror is the hypoteneuse.
>
> A
> |_ B
>
> The mirror goes from point A & point B.
>
> Judy
>
> > donated to the community college along with a lot of other things, but
> > was so heavy (the base is cast iron/steel) several hundred pounds...
> > and nobody wanted it bad enough to move it until I came along. It was
> > free for the moving. I set it up between a couple other enlargers and
> > have just recently started using it with reversed Tmax onto lith film
> > for making larger negatives. It's a Eastman Autofocus enlarger. It has
> > some mechanical movements which when it is focused is supposed to keep
> > it at the same focus as it is raised or lowered. But I think due to
> > it's age it is necessary to fine tune the focus after it's raised...
> > and a grain finder that is ten to twelve inches taller than the one I
> > have now will make the fine tuning so much easier than building another
> > wall. ;-)
> >
> > Hmmm, another idea...the mirror would have to be precisely angled or
> > the image shape would be distorted... hmmm, distorted... could be cool
> > too...
> > garimo
> >
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