Taking the plunge

[Digital Matt]

I bid on a Beseler 23C III Dichro Colorhead Enlarger today.

I know absolutely nothing about darkrooms, but I plan to jump in with both feet. I have a space in my mom's basement to set it up, with a sink nearby.

Hopefully I will win this auction.

I seemed to remember someone saying they had this enlarger, or another Beseler, and they are good. I hope I'm remembering correctly

ps. I may have to change my name to Film Matt after this

 

[oriecat]

Man, that's a nice load of stuff!! Good luck, Matt!!

Yeah, I think most all Beselers are good.

 

[terri]

This is the exact enlarger I've been working on. I thought it was fab, very user friendly. This is a nice load of stuff in this lot, especially for this price! If I was working I would have to outbid you :twisted: I'm kidding; I think the hubby is dead set on a Chromega and I'd never deliberately get into a bidding war with one of my peeps here.

Looks like it ends soon; hopefully it will be yours!!

 

[havoc]

That is a very good setup. If it did 4x5 as well i would be all over it right now LOL.

 

[Digital Matt]

Too bad I lost the auction It went for $504. My max bid was $400. Oh well. Had I been home, I might have outbid the guy, but I was gone. I'm looking at other auctions right now.

 

[terri]

Too bad I lost the auction It went for $504. My max bid was $400. Oh well. Had I been home, I might have outbid the guy, but I was gone. I'm looking at other auctions right now.

I'm sorry....that was a sweet deal. :cry: Don't sweat it too badly, I see a new Beseler aution over there every few days. Just make sure what you're looking at is in as good repair as this one appeared to be. If you have $400 to play around with you'll get it eventually, although maybe not including the other load of goodies.

 

[Digital Matt]

I have more money. I just wasn't home at the end of the auction I'll get one. After researching the prices of all the different components, I can see that it's still a huge deal to spend $600 even, for all that stuff.

 

[Digital Matt]

Update: I won this auction.

 

[Youngun]

congrats!

 

[terri]

Boy, you make your mind up and it happens, eh? Congrats! Looks like you got a couple of nice lenses here, too.

 

[oriecat]

Good one! And at less than half the price of the other one! :thumbsup:

 

[ksmattfish]

Update: I won this auction.

I have this enlarger. It's a good one, and you got a great price with the Rodenstock lens and timer.

 

[Digital Matt]

Update: I won this auction.

I have this enlarger. It's a good one, and you got a great price with the Rodenstock lens and timer.

Good to hear. It seemed like a really good deal to me. I'm very excited

Thanks everyone. Keep your eyes peeled in this forum, because I'm sure I'll have questions.

 

[oriecat]

Looking forward to it, Analog Matt!

 

[terri]

Looking forward to it, Analog Matt!

:LOL: Yeah, you're gonna have everyone confused now, film-boy. I'm really tickled you're doing all this. I think it's great.