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Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks! was RE : OT: Any Durst specialists in the house?
From: "Dante A. Stella" <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:58:56 -0500
References: <000e01c07fb5$e43ec160$efa508d4@tip2400>

Thanks... everyone.  The 609 was before Ken Owen's time, or so he told me a
few weeks ago.

Dante

Bernard Degaute wrote:

> >Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:15:45 -0500
> >From: "Dante A. Stella" <dante@umich.edu>
> >Subject: [Leica] OT: Any Durst specialists in the house?
> >Message-ID: <3A63AED2.8A8531BB@umich.edu>
> >References:
> >
> >I am playing in the darkroom tonight and was wondering if anyone could
> >tell me how you open the lamp housing on a Durst 609?  There is a knob
> >that you can rotate and slide down.  The front plate loosens, but it
> >never comes off.  The front has a diagram that shows "open and close"
> >but with no explanation.  Ideas?  I need to fit a weaker bulb, as I am
> >getting 1 second exposures at f/22.
> >
> >Also, for printing Leica negs, does anyone know what the deepest
> >recessed Durst lensboard is?  Siriotub does not get the 50mm EL close
> >enough...
> >
> >TIA
> >Dante
>
> Dante,
>
> I've got a S609. With it I just pull the top of the front plate (about 1")
> then gently squeeze two lateral plates and it's off.
> The recessed lensboard is called 'Seimar' (3"" long).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> OTOH I don't know if you get Plutonium in your Durst but your neg seem very
> light :-)
>
> Bernard
>
> bernard.degaute@village.uunet.be

In reply to: Message from "Bernard Degaute" <bernard.degaute@village.uunet.be> ([Leica] RE : OT: Any Durst specialists in the house?)