[Leica] Re: Enlarger alignment

[Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>]

I have the Parallel and it is the slickest, easiest, greatest product of
its type ever. Nothing even comes close.

Jim


At 11:20 PM 1/23/00 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>><Snip> 
>> If you haven't bought the Zig Align yet, I'd urge you to check out the
>> Parallel by Versalab alignment tool.  It is  easy and quick to use and VERY
>> accurate.  I think it's a great idea to check your enlarger periodicaly- it
>> only takes a few minutes to correct any problem, and it does make a
>> difference in your prints.
>> 
>> Richard Wasserman
>
>Thanks Richard!
>I have some printouts on the Parallel right here. But it seems dependent
on ones
>trust that that laser beam is aligned correctly in the box.
>Price wise I don't know if there is a significant difference or not.
>But so far the Zig align lady sounded nicer on the phone, returned my call
>immediately. 
>The inside info on the design of both units are of course the main issue, the
>sceamatics The Zig people have a new advanced design now as well but for
$300,
>maybe it's a laser beam. Two optical glass mirrors, one with a hole in it
sounds
>like an elegant solution if that's the idea. Perhaps somebody like Ctein has
>done a comparison I would think darkroom people would want to know
comparative
>alignment systems as a first priority. That's where I'm at! I'd like to be
able
>to print wide open like Ralph Gibson!! No uniform tight grain pattern in all
>four corners I trash the print. From what I can gather from I forgot where
the
>Warm is two stops slower than the regular Multigrade and the cool is one stop
>slower. I'm almost at what feels like a practical limit making 8x10's with an
>Aristo VC head and Nikkor lenses, an 80 5.6 usually for 35mm. I'd like to
feel
>also just as comfortable making 11x14s.
>Mark Rabiner
>