I have nothing against Omega B-8s but I might have given it away and kept the Valoy 2 and the Kodak Precision. In my mind, both of those are real 'keepers'. I don't have a Precision. And don't have room for one but some of the best B&W work in 16 x 20 inch came from MF negatives in a Kodak Precision 'A' enlarger. Be sure to tell that 16 year old that, at any price, he may never be able to buy a better 35mm to MF enlarger than that for B&W, especially if it is equipped with the Kodak Enlarging Ektars it was designed to use.Regards! I have nothing against Omega B-8s but I might have given it away and kept the Valoy 2 and the Kodak Precision. In my mind, both of those are real 'keepers'. I don't have a Precision. And don't have room for one but some of the best B&W work in 16 x 20 inch came from MF negatives in a Kodak Precision 'A' enlarger. Be sure to tell that 16 year old that, at any price, he may never be able to buy a better 35mm to MF enlarger than that for B&W, especially if it is equipped with the Kodak Enlarging Ektars it was designed to use.Regards! Click to expand.To each his own. The Valoy 2 IS a wonderful enlarger, but I don't use 35 mm any more and my Omega will do fine if I want to print any old negatives. The Kodak Precision is a good, and generally un-appreciated machine and will produce results as good as the Omega, but the latter, with a rotating negative carrier, inclined column, and filter draw is a lot handier. Concept 2.6 keygen. The Valoy 2 IS a wonderful enlarger, but I don't use 35 mm any more and my Omega will do fine if I want to print any old negatives. The Kodak Precision is a good, and generally un-appreciated machine and will produce results as good as the Omega, but the latter, with a rotating negative carrier, inclined column, and filter draw is a lot handier to use. I gave away 50mm and 100 mm Projection Ektar lenses with the Kodak, but KEPT my 75 mm. I gave the kid an extra 80 mm Companon. I'm glad those two enlargers will be used; far better than sitting around taking up space and irritating my wife. I collect darkroom stuff, cool old school stuff. I don't pay a lot of money, or have anything exotic, weird, sure, but nothing I would suspect people would pay a lot of money for. One great thing about the collapse of analog photography is everything I ever wanted is available cheap. Today I rebuilt the drain on an Arkay SS sink, 10 footer someone brought me because they didn't want it to be destroyed. I get calls like this now and then. I have 5 enlargers set up right now. Each has a unique purpose. I never get bored. There's always something to do, fix, adjust, and use. Photography was never a career for me. I just love the whole thing. LPL 67 diffuser with colour head. My first enlarger in 1983. Head now removed and used primarily as a copy stand. Meopta Magnifax condenser. Classic enlarger picked up for $20 in about 1998 and now dedicated to paper flashing with ND and 00 filter 3. Meopta Opemus 7 condenser. Only one purchased new around year 2000. Printed my first exhibitions (35mm) on this, 2001-2004. Durst Laborator 138 condenser bought in about 2004. My current every day enlarger. Needed to get bigger as I got into 4x5 and 5x7 photography. Since converted to downlight LED light source. Beseler 45S diffuser. Colour head removed and built a home made LED lightbox and negative holder to print 8x10 negatives. Fujimoto 450M-C diffuser colour head in 2012. Offers a diffuser option for some negatives in all formats up to 4x5. A beautifully designed enlarger bought dirt cheap although carriers are hard to come. Lucky to find 3 carriers on OneJP auction site. LPL 3301 condenser kit. Latest acquisition for $50 at a camera fair early this year. A small 35mm student special which I hope to use in future when running workshops.
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