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#1
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Alan Sleator
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4th February 2012, 08:56 PM
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Durst 1220 multigraph
I have the manual for the Laborator 1200 Multigraph if anyone needs a copy.
Best wishes, Alan |
#3
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stu goodman
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18th March 2013, 09:25 AM
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my 1200 transformer expired and i spent ages trying to replace it...looking at around 5/600 quid!!!
had it rewound at around£80 but not satisfactory. it sat there unused and missed for a year while i looked at exciting things like an astron or a l&j... eventually somebody suggested looking at lighting transformers... again about 80 quids worth but it did the trick... needed a proper sparks to wire it in but working fine for b/w (not stabilised and no use for colour). i'll put up the make and type of transformer later |
#4
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TimHolmes
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30th April 2013, 11:29 PM
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I had one of these, they are well made enlargers, I'd highly recommend it. I bought mine from an Indian chap in North London, maybe Golders Green 1993 and I sold it to the guy who used to sell hand tinted B&W prints on Camden Market 1995 he lived in South East London and let me return and rent it off him a few times. I couldn't keep a dark room at the time.
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#5
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cblkdog
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11th October 2013, 12:33 AM
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I hate to say this but a good friend just shut down his studio and had to throw out one of these beautiful enlargers. I couldn't take it because I don't have the room. BTW I have a Omega D2 with an Ilford 500 and a B7 with a Iford 400, love those Ilford heads.
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#6
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Adrian Twiss
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18th August 2015, 04:35 PM
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I am very lucky to have one of these wonderful enlargers. My initial purchase (£900) was a multigraph model. It did not suit my way of working and needed very precise calibration for every type of paper you used. There is one consultant in the UK who can do this work but it is neither quick or cheap. He also offered to come and train me on its use. In the end I was lucky enough to swap it for a VLS501 version owned by a German gentleman who brought it over from Germany when he had business in the UK. I still use it regularly attached to an RH Disigns timer that has performed faultlessly from new. The only consumables I have bought for it are bulbs that I obtain from Norther Photo Supplies.
It is not at all convenient for 35mm but I am lucky to have a meopta magnafax for that. the L1200 is probably the best enlarger I have owned. |
#7
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Bentjudges
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12th October 2017, 09:38 AM
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Durst L1200 Laborator 1200 5x4 Enlarger
That Durst is a wonderful enlarger. If I were still doing wet photography, and if I were on your side of the pond, I'd grab it in a minute.
My lowly Beseler still sits in my darkroom, unused. |
#8
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Bentjudges
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14th October 2017, 02:18 PM
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Durst L1200 Laborator 1200 5x4 Enlarger
I had to laugh at myself - when I first saw your post I misread the title as "Dust Enlarger." Just what every photographer needs
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#9
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Renato Tonelli
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20th January 2019, 04:26 PM
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This is my favourite enlarger; I have both the Multigraph and Colorhead.
The only problem with the Multigraph is that I need to recalibrated it for the two papers I use: Ilford Multigrade FB and Adox MC 111 If anyone has the calibration tables for these papers and is willing to share them, I would very much appreciate it. |
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