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Meopta Magnifax 4 Meograde Multigrade
I have just bought this enlarger from SDS and I would really appreciate peoples opinions on this enlarger and if possible where I can get an operating manual from.
I did read in my research that this is an good enlarger but that opionion was from about 8 years ago and I wanted to know if that opinion still stands. |
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I had one of these for a short period of time and I found it to be a robust piece of equipment. My only gripe was that there was a lot of light leakage. Mine had the colour head fitted. I passed it on because I didn't have enough room, otherwise I would have been happy to keep it. The accessories were quite readily available, and inexpensive. I don't know if there's a manual in our manuals section, but I would have thought you would find one online. Perhaps someone here could upload one if it's not already there.
Alex |
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They were the top of the range Meopta enlarger,capable of great work and will last a Lifetime, I have a meopta 6, and have done so for a few years now and have no complaints.
Richard
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Thanks Richard, I also have a Meopta 6 which I bought from Les McLean last year, but I wanted to make some bigger prints so thought an upgrade was necessary.
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I have one and have used it for all my B&W printing from 6x9 negs for about 20 years. I use the colour head - never got around to getting the MG head but it serves me well enough as I seldom need the hardest grades . There is a bit of light leakage but it hasn't caused me problems. I like the fact you can, if required, do perspective correction using the head tilt and neg-carrier tilt to get the scheimflug conditions. On the other hand you need to do a bit of checking when you first set up, to make sure the neg carrier is correctly seated and not tilted a little bit ( a disadvantage of it being adjustable ! ) ; check with a grain magnifier across the printing frame from left to right, to set this up .
The only mod I did with this, early on, was to Anti-Reflection-coat the lower neg glass ( the clear one ) to prevent Newton's rings against the film ( eg. for some shiny emulsions ) . I'm lucky enough to work for a major optical company , so got someone in the Vac-coating area to multi-coat the glass ! |
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