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Old 28th June 2015, 07:23 PM
Mike O'Pray Mike O'Pray is offline
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Based on what Alan has said and taking another look at you picture, Liam, I notice that it still has that very old 1950s cloth-covered plaited wire. This might be fine but check it very carefully for defects or better still, change for modern wire even if it does look OK.


You need to get a set of under the lens filters with the fixing that attaches to the lens for V.C. paper. The alternative is to use fixed grade paper in several grades

In either case you might want to obtain a red safety filter to allow you to alter easel position and do other things with the paper underneath while keeping the enlarger light on.

Having said all this the Gnome Beta II has to be one of the cheapest ways to be able to do 6x9 negs

Mike
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