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Old 14th January 2009, 07:26 PM
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Having used various makes of condensor and colour head enlargers over the years for my mono work, all of which I found very good in their time, I now only use a De Vere with an Ilford 500H MC head. The De Vere is as joy to use with the bench handle sizing and focus controls, no filters to turn or place in and the negs stay in focus. However, I wouldn't say it creates better prints but as it is designed for pro use and is so easy to use it does free up my creative side to concentrate on making prints. A thing not to be overlooked with enlargers is the lens of course - that is probably the most important part of an enlarger. Many years ago I graduated from a good budget lens to my first Nikon and I just could not believe the difference it made. Maybe we could also have a discussion on enlarging lenses?

Neil.
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