Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Bill & all, This green light issue on the Zone VI VC cold light head is bothering me. When I first start things up it takes a short while for the green light to come on but it stays on and the head is ready to print for the rest of the session. I have never had to wait for it to come back on while printing - it never goes off. I just looked through the manual that came with it and there is no mention of this problem. For me this unit has been very trouble free and a pleasure to work with. I have never used the system with another timer so I don't know if that is what makes the difference. In reading over the material it did say that no special timer is required. Ian Stanley, Kathmandu, Nepal At 11:48 PM 99-01-26 -0500, you wrote: >>At 08:02 AM 1/27/99 +0500, you wrote: > I have used the Zone VI VC cold light head with the Zone VI Compensating >>Enlarger Timer and have experienced absolutely none of the problems that >>Bill experienced. I am not sure what the difference was in our setups but >>I certainly do not go through a warm up period before each exposure. All >>exposures are identical with no lamp head drift and when making multiple >>prints all are identical. Perhaps the timer makes the difference. > >Very interesting Ian. And perplexing. Zone VI and Calumet continue to >submit that no special timer is required for the VC head. So presumably you >do not need the Compensating timer. Indeed, the Compensating timer was >designed to "read" the brightness output of one lamp, not two. > >>I certainly do not go through a warm up period before each exposure. > >I went through two heads and had the same problem of having to wait for the >green ready light. > >In light of these discussions, and differing experiences, I suggest that >anyone interested in the Zone VI VC head call or e-mail them with >questions. Ask specifically about timers and printing proceedures, perhaps >electrical service requirements. But if I had $1000 burning a hole in my >pocket I would put it toward a Summicron. > >Bill Franson > > > > > > >