Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucian Chis wrote: > > Hi Groups, > > I have the following questions: > Does anyone use this beast? Especially in Portland OR? > Who does the actual manufacture? (Calumet sells it, I know, but they > bought the business from someone who retired) > Do you get enough low contrast out of the VC head? > A friend here thinks his enlarger is defective, as he can't get the VC > head to soften enough for his needs! Any known problems? He says these > come with a lifetime warranty! and Calumet doesn't know too much about it! > Do you have any way of checking this item? > Thanks, > > Lucian How come your asking about Portland OR? Are you here? If you are you should come by my darkroom and I'll show you my VC head which is an Aristo if you have any interest. I've used it all day with great results if I do say so myself. Tested the new Ilford VCFB Warmtone paper on a portrait job. Glowing! Looks like Vacuum Tubes! Mark Rabiner