This weekend my great-uncle passed his darkroom equipment on to me. Included in the collection is a Durst enlarger. It's a dichroic style enlarger. I know the differences in how it's set up from a condenser enlarger, but can anyone help me with what the benefits/disadvantages of using it are? Thanks!!!
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Acquired a Durst Enlarger
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Hi my name is toch I am a professional photographer here in Manila. I used to own one of those dichroic durst enlargers and the one of the benefits is that your image are somehow diffused from the way the lightnig source is. This means you will have an image that is not too stark or contrasty than a condenser enlarger. Furthermore if you are going to use variable contrast papers you may simulate the filters by using the filters in the colorhead to simulate paper 1,2,3,4,5 and its increment thereof. Hope I was helpful in anyway. You should be able to have betteer photographs using the dichroic. It would virtually elilminate any scratches and smudges on the negatives as well.
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