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Greetings and question about enlarger, Durst pictochrom plus elite
Hello all, glad to have found a forum to all things darkroom!
I have been working with B&W film across a number of formats for couple of years and up to recently printed with a De Vere 504 with the Ilford multigrade system- great enlarger. However my timer has broken down and may have the opportunity to invest in the durst pictochrom plus elite 5x4 - I have the manual, but its quite intricate, and was wondering if anyone has any advice/recommendations to this. Can one work in a manual mode for B&W printing, or does one need to set it up first? I print with a lot of split filtration and do a lot of burning/dodging - sometimes changing aperture settings for burning etc - would this be very complicated with this enlarger? I will not be using a exposure probe by the way.. I will be on the look out for a controller/timer for the De Vere (its starting to flit through numbers, making it impossible to print with), but have read different reports as to the Durst. Thanks a million for any advice Grainne |
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Welcome to fadu Grainne.
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Cheers, Barry |
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Welcome Grainne. I cannot offer any advice on your equipment but I know exactly what you mean about complicated manuals and having no-one to share the difficulties with
Here's hoping someone here has the knowledge to help.I'd be surprised if there was no-one to help Mike Mike |
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Cheers for the welcome, this forum is great, delighted to have found it!!
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Welcome to fadu Grainne.
Steve |
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Welcome!
Don't know anything about the Durst enlarger bits you mention but as for timers; An RH Designs StopClock Pro. Enlarger Timer would do all the things you describe. Wouldn't be without mine! Hope that doesn't muddy the waters too much! Best Wishes, Mike |
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I think the person you want to speak to on this topic is Cesare. He has the same/similar enlarger and posted the manual a while back here;
http://www.film-and-darkroom-user.or...ead.php?t=6301 Hopefully he'll see this post or you could perhaps send him a PM (personal message). Left mouse click on the name. The durst is very advanced and can do pretty much what ever you want.
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Cheers for that lads! I suppose another thing - my biggest fear with these newer electronic enlargers (Autofocus etc) that if the parts go, replacing or servicing will be very difficult and very expensive. Lots to think of!
I print every day and love the whole process - it is all worth it in the end! Cheers- will contact Cesaere as well.. Grainne |
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Welcome to FADU Grainne.
Richard |
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