Bobby Ironsights
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- Dec 3, 2006
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- Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
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What's up with the red filter?
When I bought my first enlarger, a beseler 35 printmaker, it had a filter drawer underneath on a swivel, and a small piece of very red glass.
I never used it, never gave it any thought, there was no mention of it in the instructions.
I've now purchased a used Beseler 45 MXT, and I've got to tell you, it's great to have a motorized enlarger, really nice, plus it's got lots of other bells and whistles.
It's five feet tall, and weighs more than my GF, but hey....whaddya' want eh?
It also came with an under the lens VC filter set. Nice optical glass ones, and I'm pleased as punch.
But it too has a very RED filter. It's not labelled with a grade, so I assume it must not be a VC filter.
I'm starting to wonder, is it a "focusing filter" for graded papers? Does it allow for framing, with a paper in the easel, without exposing the paper?
I won't get into the darkroom for a bit, but I'm dying to know, because that would be uber-cool.
P.S. This enlarger ROCKS!, and the nice thing is that I can store my first enlarger, in a corner of the baseboard of my new humungo enlarger! At least until I sell it.
:lmao:WOO-HOO!:lmao:
When I bought my first enlarger, a beseler 35 printmaker, it had a filter drawer underneath on a swivel, and a small piece of very red glass.
I never used it, never gave it any thought, there was no mention of it in the instructions.
I've now purchased a used Beseler 45 MXT, and I've got to tell you, it's great to have a motorized enlarger, really nice, plus it's got lots of other bells and whistles.
It's five feet tall, and weighs more than my GF, but hey....whaddya' want eh?
It also came with an under the lens VC filter set. Nice optical glass ones, and I'm pleased as punch.
But it too has a very RED filter. It's not labelled with a grade, so I assume it must not be a VC filter.
I'm starting to wonder, is it a "focusing filter" for graded papers? Does it allow for framing, with a paper in the easel, without exposing the paper?
I won't get into the darkroom for a bit, but I'm dying to know, because that would be uber-cool.
P.S. This enlarger ROCKS!, and the nice thing is that I can store my first enlarger, in a corner of the baseboard of my new humungo enlarger! At least until I sell it.
:lmao:WOO-HOO!:lmao: